Goicoechea
Goicoechea is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. Goicoechea has an elevation of 1,193 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: canton of Costa Rica with 115,000 residents
- Description: canton in San José province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Goicoechea Canton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá and National Theatre of Costa Rica.
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Stadium
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Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá is a football stadium in San Juan de Tibás, with a seating capacity of 23,112, making it the second-largest stadium in the country.
National Theatre of Costa Rica
Theater building
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Theatre of Costa Rica is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of San José. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano"
Library
La Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano", also known as the Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica is the national library of Costa Rica in San José. It is tasked with curating the cultural heritage of Costa Rica and maintains three copies of every book ever published in the country in addition to other works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San José and San Vicente.
San José
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. The undisputed cultural and economic center of Costa Rica's central valley, where most of the population lives, San José is also the most important transportation hub for domestic travel even though the international airport is in Alajuela.
San Vicente
Town
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San Vicente is a district of the Moravia canton, that is located in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Uruca
Village
Uruca is the seventh district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is an important industrial and commercial area of San José. Uruca is situated 4 km west of Goicoechea.
Goicoechea
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Goicoechea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غويكويشيا”
- Asturian: “cantón de Goicoechea”
- Asturian: “Goicoechea”
- Cebuano: “Cantón de Goicoechea”
- Chinese: “Goicoechea Kūn”
- Chinese: “戈伊科切亞縣”
- Dutch: “Goicoechea”
- French: “Goicoechea”
- German: “Goicoechea”
- Italian: “cantone di Goicoechea”
- Italian: “Cantone di Goicoechea”
- Italian: “Goicoechea”
- Japanese: “ゴイコエチェア (カントン)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Goicoechea Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Goicoechea”
- Norwegian: “Goicoechea”
- Russian: “Гойкоэчеа”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Goicoechea”
- Spanish: “Goicoechea”
- Swedish: “Cantón de Goicoechea”
- Vietnamese: “Goicoechea”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Estadio José Joaquín ‘Coyella’ Fonseca and Museo Histórico Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia.
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