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: Ciudad 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)
United Nations Location Code
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: distritu de Quesada
  • Asturian: Quesada
  • Catalan: Ciudad 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: Ciudad Quesada
  • Spanish: Quesada de San Carlos
  • Spanish: Quesada
  • Swedish: Ciudad Quesada
  • Ukrainian: Сьюдад-Кесада

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