Cartago (), which means

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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 {{CostaRica-geo-stub