Cartago (), which means
Carthage
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in Spanish, is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of central
Costa Rica. It is one of the smallest provinces, however probably the richest of the Spanish Colonial era sites and traditions.
Geography
It is located in the central part of the country and borders the provinces of
Limón
Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is ho ...
to the east and
San Jose to the west.
The capital is
Cartago; until 1823 it was also the capital of Costa Rica, which is now
San José. The province covers an area of 3,124.61 km² and has a
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 490,903.
Resultados Generales Censo 2011
p. 22 It is subdivided into eight cantons and is connected to San José via a four-lane highway.
The highest peak is Cerro de la Muerte
Cerro de la Muerte is a mountain peak of a massif in Costa Rica, it is located within the
Tapantí — Cerro de la Muerte Massif National Park, and is the highest point on the Pan-American Highway.
Toponymy
Its name means "Mountain of Death", " ...
at 3,600 meters above sea level, and the lowest point of the province is Turrialba, which is 90 meters above sea level.
Sports
Cartago is the residence of the Primera Division Team, the Club Sport Cartaginés, which play in the Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, located at the south of the city of Cartago, in Barrio Asís.
Cantons
Gallery
File:Basílica de Los Ángeles.jpg, Basílica de Los Ángeles
File:Old-ruins-in-cartago-daniel-vargas19.jpg, View of the ruins of the Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol in Cartago, Costa Rica.
File:DirkvdM irazu 2.jpg, Irazú volcano
File:Volcan turrialba.jpg, Turrialba volcano
file:Represa Angostura, Turrialba, Cartago.jpg, Angostura dam in Turrialba
File:RepresaCachí.jpg, Cachi Dam
File:Tapanti.jpg, Tapantí National Park
File:Cerro de la Muerte.jpg, Cerro de la Muerte
Image:Basilica_de_los_Angeles.jpg, Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels Basilica) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Costa Rica, located in the city of Cartago and dedicated to the ''Virgen de los Pardos'', officially known as ''Virgen de los Áng ...
file:Estacion de Tren INCOFER, Cartago, Costa Rica.jpg, Cartago INCOFER Train Station
References
External links
Provinces of Costa Rica
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