Quepos

Quepos is a small town in near the . It is the closest town offering full tourist services, but has lost much of its charm and innocence due to overdevelopment as it became the poster child destination of the eco-tourism crowd.
Photo: Tarrazu, Public domain.
  • Town with 22,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code XQP
  • Description: district in Quepos canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
  • Postal code: 60601
  • Also known as
    “Puerto Quepos”
    “Quepos de Quepos”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manuel Antonio.

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Quepos

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Latitude
9.4321° or 9° 25′ 56″ north
Longitude
-84.1625° or 84° 9′ 45″ west
UN/LOCODE
CR XQP
Open location code
66XQCRJP+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Quepos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيبوس”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Quepos”
  • Asturian: “Quepos”
  • Catalan: “Quepos”
  • Cebuano: “Quepos”
  • Chinese: “克波斯区”
  • Chinese: “克波斯區”
  • Dutch: “Quepos”
  • French: “Quepos”
  • French: “Quépos”
  • Italian: “Quepos”
  • Japanese: “ケポス”
  • Kotava: “Quepos”
  • Lithuanian: “Keposas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quepos”
  • Norwegian: “Quepos”
  • Polish: “Quepos”
  • Russian: “Квепос”
  • Spanish: “Quepos de Quepos”
  • Spanish: “Quepos”
  • Swedish: “Quepos”
  • Ukrainian: “Кепос”

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