Grecia
Grecia is an inviting small town to the west of San Jose in the province of Alajuela. It is mountainous with verdant forests and nearby coffee plantations and farms.
- Type: Town with 16,700 residents
- Description: district in Grecia canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “distritu de Grecia”, “Grecia Centro”, “Grecia de Grecia”, “Grecia La Argentina”, and “Grecia, Costa Rica”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Our Lady of Mercy Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarchí Norte.
Sarchí Norte
Town
Grecia
- Categories: district of Costa Rica and locality
- Location: Grecia, Alajuela Province, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
10.073° or 10° 4′ 23″ north
Longitude
-84.3119° or 84° 18′ 43″ west
Population
16,700
Elevation
1,003 metres (3,291 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CR GMI
Open location code
762Q3MFQ+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Grecia” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Grecia”
- Belarusian: “Грэсія”
- Catalan: “Grecia”
- Chinese: “格雷西亞區”
- Dutch: “Grecia”
- French: “Grecia”
- German: “Grecia”
- Greek: “Γκρέσια”
- Italian: “Grecia”
- Kotava: “Grecia”
- Lithuanian: “Gresija”
- Moksha: “Грэция”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grecia”
- Norwegian: “Grecia”
- Polish: “Grecia”
- Spanish: “Grecia”
- Ukrainian: “Ґреція”
- Urdu: “گریسیا، کوسٹا ریکا”
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Places to explore: Jiménez and Chavarría.
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