Escazú
Escazú is a district of the Escazú canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Escazú has about 12,000 residents and an elevation of 1,111 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Armando Maynez, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Town with 12,000 residents
- Description: district in Escazú canton, San José province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Escasu”, “Escazú de Escazú”, “Escazú District”, and “La Ciudad de las Brujas”
- Postal code: 10201
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Nicolás Macís and Hospital CIMA.
Hospital CIMA
Hospital
Hospital CIMA San Jose is a hospital in San José, Costa Rica. The hospital opened in 2000. Hospital CIMA is a tertiary level, acute care hospital. It has an installed capacity of 103 beds.
Colegio Humboldt
School
Photo: Najera.juan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colegio Humboldt is a German international school in Pavas, San José, Costa Rica, serving a student body that includes preschool through Abitur. The German School of Costa Rica was founded in 1912, initially only offering classes in kindergarten and primary school levels. Colegio Humboldt is situated 3 km northeast of Escazú.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Antonio District, Escazú and Hatillo.
San Antonio District, Escazú
Village
San Antonio is a district of the Escazú canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Hatillo
Village
Hatillo is the tenth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Hatillo is situated 4 km east of Escazú.
Alajuelita
Town
Alajuelita is a district of the Alajuelita canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Alajuelita is situated 4½ km southeast of Escazú.
Escazú
- Categories: capital city, district of Costa Rica, and locality
- Location: Escazú, San José Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.91953° or 9° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
-84.14003° or 84° 8′ 24″ westPopulation
12,000Elevation
1,111 metres (3,645 feet)United Nations Location Code
CR ESCOpen location code
66XQWV95+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 272902096OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Escazú” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de Escazú”
- Asturian: “Escazú”
- Catalan: “Escazú”
- Cebuano: “Escazú”
- Chinese: “埃斯卡蘇”
- Chinese: “埃斯卡蘇區”
- Czech: “Escazú”
- Danish: “Escazú”
- Dutch: “Escazú District”
- Finnish: “Escazu”
- Finnish: “Escazú”
- French: “District d’Escazú”
- German: “Escazú”
- Italian: “Escazu”
- Italian: “Escazú”
- Ladino: “Escazú”
- Lithuanian: “Eskasu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Escazú”
- Norwegian: “Escazú”
- Polish: “Escazú”
- Portuguese: “Escazú”
- Romanian: “Escazu”
- Romanian: “Escazú”
- Russian: “Эскасу”
- Spanish: “Escazu centro”
- Spanish: “Escazú de Escazú”
- Spanish: “Escazú”
- Swedish: “Escazú”
- Volapük: “Escazú”
- Welsh: “Escazú District”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque Central de Escazú and Biblioteca Casa Pastoral.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Escazú”. Photo: Armando Maynez, CC BY 2.0.