San José Province
Mora
Colón

Colón

Colón, more commonly referred to as Ciudad Colón is a district and the head city of the canton, in the province of . It is famous for its warm climate, proximity to nature and its surrounding mountains, folkloric traditions, horse riding, and multiculturalism.
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  • Type: Town with 17,000 residents
  • Description: district in Mora canton, San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Centro Colón”, “Ciudad Colon”, “Colon”, “Colón de Mora”, “Colón, Costa Rica”, and “Villa Colón”
  • Address: Mora, 10701
  • Postal code: 10701

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Ana.

Town
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is a district and head city of the canton, in the province of . The city acts as seat to the municipal government of the Canton. is situated 7 km east of Colón.

Colón

Latitude
9.91509° or 9° 54′ 54″ north
Longitude
-84.24235° or 84° 14′ 32″ west
Population
17,000
Elevation
801 metres (2,628 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CR CLN
Open location code
66XQWQ85+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3584604950
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3624171
Wiki­data ID
Q3683885
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Colón” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيوداد كولون”
  • Asturian: “Colón”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Colón”
  • Catalan: “Colón”
  • Cebuano: “Colón”
  • Chinese: “科倫城區”
  • Dutch: “Ciudad Colón”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيوداد كولون”
  • Irish: “Colón”
  • Italian: “Colón”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ciudad Colón”
  • Norwegian: “Ciudad Colón”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Colon”
  • Spanish: “Colón de Mora”
  • Spanish: “Colón”
  • Swedish: “Colón”

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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 “Colón”. Photo: Jacobovillegas, CC BY-SA 3.0.