Jacó
Jacó is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Jacó has a black sand beach that is 4 km long and is popular among surfers.
Photo: Costaricapro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Playa Hermosa
Playa Hermosa de Jaco is a small surfing village just south of Jaco, in the Central Pacific region of Costa Rica. Photo: Rodtico21, CC BY-SA 3.0.Jacó
- Type: District of Costa Rica
- Description: district in Garabito canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
- Location: Central Pacific, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
Latitude 9.615° or 9° 36' 53.9" north | Longitude -84.6298° or 84° 37' 47.1" west |
Population 4090 | United Nations Location Code CR JAC |
Elevation 10 metres (33 feet) | GeoNames ID 3623369 |
Also Known As
- Asturian: Jacó
- Asturian: distritu de Jacó
- Avaric: Jacó
- Catalan: Jacó, Costa Rica
- Cebuano: Jacó
- Chinese: 哈科區
- Dutch: Jacó, Costa Rica
- English: Jacó, Costa Rica
- English: Jacó de Garabito
- French: Jacó
- German: Jacó
- Hungarian: Jacó
- Italian: Jacó
- Japanese: ハコ
- Kotava: Jacó (Costa Rica)
- Lithuanian: Chako
- Norwegian: Jacó
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jacó
- Polish: Jacó
- Romanian: Jacó
- Spanish: Jaco
- Spanish: Jacó
- Spanish: Jacó de Garabito
- Swedish: Jacó
Other Places Named Jacó
- JahocVillage, Kosovo
- JacoHamlet, West Virginia, United States
- JacoPotosí, Bolivia
- JacóLocality, Trujillo, Venezuela
- Laguna de JacoChihuahua, Mexico
- Nusa Besi IslandIsland, East Timor
In the Area
Localities
- Barrio El InvuNeighborhood
- JacóTown
- Barrio Ricos y FamososNeighborhood
- Barrio La AmistadNeighborhood
- Barrio CamboyaNeighborhood
- Barrio La NaciónNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Playa JacóBeach
- Bahía del JacoBay
- Punta GuapinolPoint
- Bahía JacóBay
- Paso de las Lapas Biological CorridorNature reserve
- Roca EscallaRock
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