Cartago Province

Cartago
Location of Cartago in Costa Rica
Data
Capital	Cartago
population	512.023
surface	3,125 km²
Population density	157 inhabitants / km²
structure	8 cantons
Other cities	Paraíso , Turrialba
Rivers	Río Reventazón
ISO 3166-2	CR-C

Cartago is a province in Costa Rica . It is located in the center of the country with no access to the sea. The neighboring provinces are Limón in the east and San José in the west. The capital is Cartago . The province has an area of ​​3125 km² and 490.903 inhabitants (2011).

Administrative division

The province is divided into 8 cantons.

Canton Capital Population (2011) Area in km² Alvarado Pacayas 14,312 81.06 Cartago Cartago 147,898 287.77 El Guarco Tejar 41,793 167.69 Jiménez Juan Viñas 14,669 286.43 La Unión Tres Ríos 99,399 44.83 Oreamuno San Rafael 45,473 202.31 Paraíso Paraíso 57,743 411.91 Turrialba Turrialba 69,616 1,642.67

List of places of interest in the province of Cartago

• Irazú Volcano National Park , highest volcano in Costa Rica (3432 m. Above sea level)
• Turrialba Volcano National Park
• Tapantí National Park, primary rainforest
• Valle Orosí, the valley of the Río Orosí known for its coffee growing
• Guayabo National Monument , the most important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Costa Rica
• Lancaster Garden, orchid collection
• Ruins of the Ujarrás monastery, a former convent in the Orosí valley
• Orosí Church, which was built in colonial style in 1735 and is still completely intact. A small museum is housed in the outbuilding.

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 9 ° 54 '  N , 83 ° 51'  W