El Tejar de El Guarco

El Tejar is a district and the head city of the canton, in the province of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: district in El Guarco canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “El Tejar”, “El Tejar del Guarco”, and “Tejar District”
  • Postal code: 30801

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich and Hospital Max Peralta.

Stadium
Photo: Cartago CR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich is a multi-use in , named after Costa Rican footballer Fello Meza. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.S.

Hospital
is a hospital in . It is named after Dr. Maximiliano Peralta Jimenez who graduated from Jefferson Medical College in in 1894. It has 633 beds but often suffers from equipment shortages.

Church
Photo: Bgag, CC0.
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles is a Roman Catholic basilica in , located in the city of and dedicated to the Virgen de los Pardos, officially known as Virgen de los Ángeles. is situated 3½ km northeast of El Tejar de El Guarco.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cartago.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in 's . It used to be the national capital before that honor went to San José and is one of the few places in the country where more than a handful colonial era buildings have survived to the present day.

El Tejar de El Guarco

Latitude
9.844° or 9° 50′ 38″ north
Longitude
-83.9369° or 83° 56′ 13″ west
Population
25,000
Elevation
1,384 metres (4,541 feet)
Open location code
66XRR3V7+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 686706581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11239281
Wiki­data ID
Q1757718
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Satellite Map

Discover El Tejar de El Guarco from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Spanish—“El Tejar de El Guarco” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “distritu de El Tejar”
  • Asturian: “El Tejar”
  • Chinese: “埃爾特哈爾”
  • Dutch: “El Tejar del Guarco”
  • Italian: “El Tejar”
  • Kotava: “El Tejar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Tejar”
  • Norwegian: “El Tejar”
  • Spanish: “El Tejar de El Guarco”
  • Spanish: “El Tejar”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Salón Parroquial and Basílica Inmaculada Concepción de María.

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