Montes de Oca

Montes de Oca is a canton in the province of . The head city of the canton is San Pedro.
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 49,100 residents
  • Description: canton in San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Montes de Oca Canton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Ecológico and Estadio José Joaquín ‘Coyella’ Fonseca.

Stadium
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is a stadium.

Stadium
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is a stadium.

Church
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The , commonly known as the Iglesia de Curridabat is a church located in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pedro de Montes de Oca and Curridabat.

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is a city in the of east of the capital, . It is the main city in the canton of Montes de Oca, and is best known as the location of the University of Costa Rica, the largest public university in the country.

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is a prosperous suburb of on the route east to Cartago. There are boutique shops, malls, and upscale neighborhoods in .

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is the capital and largest city of . The undisputed cultural and economic center of Costa Rica's central valley, where most of the population lives, is also the most important transportation hub for domestic travel even though the international airport is in .

Montes de Oca

Latitude
9.9396° or 9° 56′ 23″ north
Longitude
-84.0301° or 84° 1′ 49″ west
Population
49,100
Elevation
1,278 metres (4,193 feet)
Open location code
66XQWXQ9+RW
Geo­Names ID
3622814
Wiki­data ID
Q2739710
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Montes de Oca” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Montes de Oca”
  • Arabic: “مونتيس دي أوكا”
  • Aragonese: “Montes de Oca”
  • Arpitan: “Montes de Oca”
  • Asturian: “cantón de Montes de Oca”
  • Asturian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Bambara: “Montes de Oca”
  • Basque: “Montes de Oca”
  • Bavarian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Breton: “Montes de Oca”
  • Cajun French: “Montes de Oca”
  • Catalan: “Montes de Oca”
  • Cebuano: “Cantón de Montes de Oca”
  • Chinese: “Montes de Oca Kūn”
  • Chinese: “蒙特斯德奧卡縣”
  • Corsican: “Montes de Oca”
  • Croatian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Czech: “Montes de Oca”
  • Danish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Dutch: “Montes de Oca”
  • Esperanto: “Montes de Oca”
  • Estonian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Finnish: “Montes de Oca”
  • French: “Montes de Oca”
  • Friulian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Galician: “Montes de Oca”
  • Georgian: “მონტეს-დე-ოკა (კანტონი)”
  • Georgian: “მონტეს-დე-ოკა”
  • German: “Montes de Oca”
  • Hungarian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Ido: “Montes de Oca”
  • Indonesian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Interlingua: “Montes de Oca”
  • Interlingue: “Montes de Oca”
  • Irish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Italian: “cantone di Montes de Oca”
  • Italian: “Cantone di Montes de Oca”
  • Italian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Italian: “San Pedro de Montes de Oca”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Montes de Oca”
  • Kabyle: “Montes de Oca”
  • Kongo: “Montes de Oca”
  • Latvian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Ligurian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Limburgan: “Montes de Oca”
  • Lithuanian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Low German: “Montes de Oca”
  • Luxembourgish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Montes de Oca”
  • Malagasy: “Montes de Oca”
  • Malay: “Montes de Oca”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montes de Oca Kūn”
  • Minangkabau: “Montes de Oca”
  • Narom: “Montes de Oca”
  • Neapolitan: “Montes de Oca”
  • Northern Sami: “Montes de Oca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montes de Oca”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montes de Oca”
  • Norwegian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montes de Oca”
  • Papiamento: “Montes de Oca”
  • Picard: “Montes de Oca”
  • Piemontese: “Montes de Oca”
  • Polish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Portuguese: “Montes de Oca”
  • Prussian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Romagnol: “Montes de Oca”
  • Romanian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Romansh: “Montes de Oca”
  • Russian: “Монтес-де-Ока”
  • Sardinian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Scots: “Montes de Oca”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montes de Oca”
  • Serbian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Sicilian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Slovak: “Montes de Oca”
  • Slovenian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Montes de Oca”
  • Spanish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Swahili: “Montes de Oca”
  • Swedish: “Cantón de Montes de Oca”
  • Swiss German: “Montes de Oca”
  • Turkish: “Montes de Oca”
  • Venetian: “Montes de Oca”
  • Vietnamese: “Montes de Oca”
  • Vlaams: “Montes de Oca”
  • Volapük: “Montes de Oca”
  • Walloon: “Montes de Oca”
  • Welsh: “Montes de Oca”
  • Wolof: “Montes de Oca”
  • Zulu: “Montes de Oca”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza del Sol, Curridabat and Museo de Insectos.

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