Quesada

Ciudad Quesada is a city in the North Zone of . It is the capital city of the canton San Carlos in the province of Alajuela. Although Ciudad Quesada is the official name, it is commonly called San Carlos.
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  • Type: City with 42,000 residents
  • Description: district in San Carlos canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “distritu de Quesada”, “Quesada City”, “Quesada de San Carlos”, “Quesada, San Carlos”, and “Villa Quesada”

Quesada

Latitude
10.3257° or 10° 19′ 32″ north
Longitude
-84.43° or 84° 25′ 48″ west
Population
42,000
Elevation
616 metres (2,021 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CR CQA
Open location code
762Q8HG9+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 320100099
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3622190
Wiki­data ID
Q787675
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Quesada” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կեսադա”
  • Asturian: “Quesada”
  • Catalan: “Quesada”
  • Cebuano: “Quesada”
  • Chinese: “克薩達 (哥斯達黎加)”
  • Chinese: “克薩達”
  • Dutch: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • Dutch: “Quesada”
  • French: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • German: “Quesada”
  • Greek: “Σιουδάδ Κεσάδα”
  • Hebrew: “קווסאדה”
  • Italian: “Quesada”
  • Japanese: “ケサダ”
  • Kotava: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • Lithuanian: “Kesada”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • Norwegian: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • Polish: “Quesada”
  • Russian: “Кесада”
  • Spanish: “Quesada”
  • Swedish: “Ciudad Quesada”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьюдад-Кесада”

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