Cartago is the head city of Cartago canton in Cartago Province, Costa Rica, composed of the Oriental and Occidental districts under the country's administrative divisions. It was the capital of Costa Rica from 1574 to 1824.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Cartago, Costa Rica - Wikipedia
Infobox: population_as_of
2008
Infobox, Area
152.68 km2 (58.95 sq mi)
History section
Founded in 1563 by Juan Vasquez de Coronado
Geography section
It has an elevation of 1,435 m (4,708 ft) above sea level
Infobox, coordinates latitude
9.867°N
Infobox, coordinates longitude
83.917°W
- In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 9.867,-83.917
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 1451.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.75, -83.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.75, -83.75
9.75 -83.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Cartago - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3624370, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.46 km)Quote, cities500 record 3624370, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.46 km)
9.86371 -83.9195 P PPLA CR 02 301 30101 26594 1440 America/Costa_Rica
Wikidata: Cartago, Costa Rica
Wikidata Q30617, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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