Cartago
Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica, with an estimated population of 165,417 as of 2022. It ranks as the fifth-most populous canton in the country and is the 42nd largest by area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: canton of Costa Rica with 148,000 residents
- Description: canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Cantón Cartago”, “Cantón Central”, and “Cartago Canton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lankester Botanical Garden.
Lankester Botanical Garden
Garden
The Lankester Botanical Gardens are a set of gardens outside of Cartago, Costa Rica. The garden is open to the public, but is operated by the University of Costa Rica as a research center and is a major center for orchid research in both Central America and the Caribbean. Lankester Botanical Garden is situated 3½ km northeast of Cartago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Tejar de El Guarco and Paraíso.
El Tejar de El Guarco
Town
El Tejar is a district and the head city of the El Guarco canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. El Tejar de El Guarco is situated 4 km northwest of Cartago.
Paraíso
Town
Paraíso is a district of the Paraíso canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. Paraíso is situated 6 km northeast of Cartago.
Cartago
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Cartago” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارتاغو”
- Asturian: “cantón de Cartago”
- Asturian: “Cartago”
- Basque: “Cartago kantonamendua”
- Catalan: “Cartago”
- Cebuano: “Cantón Central de Cartago”
- Chinese: “Cartago Kūn”
- Chinese: “卡塔戈县”
- Dutch: “Cartago”
- French: “Cartago”
- Italian: “cantone di Cartago”
- Italian: “Cantone di Cartago”
- Japanese: “カルタゴ (カントン)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cartago Kūn”
- Portuguese: “Cartago”
- Russian: “Картаго”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Cartago”
- Spanish: “Cartago”
- Swedish: “Cantón Central de Cartago”
- Swedish: “Cartago”
- Vietnamese: “Cartago”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cartago”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cerro Jucosal and Cerro Palo Blanco.
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