Goicoechea

Goicoechea is a canton in the of . Goicoechea has an elevation of 1,193 metres.
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Wikipedia
  • 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.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , with a seating capacity of 23,112, making it the second-largest stadium in the country.

Theater building
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The is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of . Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1867 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.

Library
La Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano", also known as the Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica is the national library of in . 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 Pedro de Montes de Oca.

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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 .

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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 .

Goicoechea

Latitude
9.9485° or 9° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-84.0637° or 84° 3′ 49″ west
Population
115,000
Elevation
1,193 metres (3,914 feet)
Open location code
66XQWWXP+9G
Geo­Names ID
3623659
Wiki­data ID
Q2406129
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Georgian: “გოიკოეჩეა (კანტონი)”
  • Georgian: “გოიკოეჩეა”
  • 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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