Quebrada Cangrejos
Quebrada Cangrejos is a stream in San José Province, Costa Rica and has an elevation of 1,138 metres. Quebrada Cangrejos is situated nearby to the neighborhood Santa Teresa, as well as near Bajos de la Unión.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture and Museo de los Niños.
Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture
Museum
Photo: Antonio.solera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
Museo de los Niños
Museum
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merced and Carmen.
Merced
Village
Merced is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly.
Carmen
Village
Carmen is the first distrito of San José Canton in Costa Rica, and one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown. This district is not heavily populated although it is a busy downtown area in daytime.
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.
Quebrada Cangrejos
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Quebrada de los Cangrejos”
- Category: body of water
- Location: San José Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.94353° or 9° 56′ 37″ northLongitude
-84.07999° or 84° 4′ 48″ westElevation
1,138 metres (3,734 feet)Open location code
66XQWWVC+C2GeoNames ID
3624445
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In Other Languages
“Quebrada Cangrejos” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Quebrada Cangrejos”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica San José and Morazán Park.
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