La Fortuna
La Fortuna de San Carlos is a small town in the north of Costa Rica. It is known mainly for the nearby Arenal Volcano, a destination for scientists and tourists. See volcanoes for general information.
- Type: Village with 17,000 residents
- Description: district in San Carlos canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “distritu de La Fortuna”, “El Burío”, “La Fortuna de San Carlos”, “La Fortuna, San Carlos”, and “ラ・フォルトゥナ”
- Postal code: 21007
La Fortuna
- Categories: district of Costa Rica and locality
- Location: La Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela Province, North Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
10.4717° or 10° 28′ 18″ north
Longitude
-84.6444° or 84° 38′ 40″ west
Population
17,000
Elevation
256 metres (840 feet)
IATA airport code
FON
UN/LOCODE
CR LAF
Open location code
762QF9C4+M6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“La Fortuna” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “La Fortuna”
- Cebuano: “La Fortuna”
- Chinese: “拉福爾圖納區”
- Dutch: “La Fortuna”
- Finnish: “La Fortuna”
- French: “La Fortuna”
- German: “La Fortuna”
- Italian: “Fortuna”
- Italian: “La Fortuna”
- Japanese: “ラ・フォーチュナ”
- Spanish: “La Fortuna”
- Swedish: “La Fortuna, Costa Rica”
- Swedish: “La Fortuna”
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