Aranjuez
Aranjuez was a Costa Rican settlement founded in 1568 by the Governor Pero Afán de Ribera y Gómez. It was situated on the banks of the Aranjuez River and was a short distance from the Pacific Ocean coast where a pier, known as the Ribera port, simultaneously emerged.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (180 feet)
- Description: extinct settlement of the 16th century
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puntarenas.
Puntarenas
Puntarenas is a city in the Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Aranjuez
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Latitude
10.05686° or 10° 3′ 25″ north
Longitude
-84.79859° or 84° 47′ 55″ west
UN/LOCODE
CR AJZ
Open location code
762Q3642+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Aranjuez” goes by many names.
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