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Touring Yas in Costa Rica

Yas in the region of Cartago is a city located in Costa Rica - some 19 mi or ( 30 km ) East of San José , the country's capital city .

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Time in Yas is now 04:34 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Managua, León, Chinandega, Turrialba, and Tapanti. Being here already, consider visiting Managua . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Yas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Costa Rica Taxi Service TIP- MUST SEE

4:40 min by Michael Alan D'Angelo
Views: 11090 Rating: 4.68

www.TravelCostaRicaNow.com If you plan on traveling to Costa Rica then this is a MUST SEE video. You need to know how the Taxi's operate here. We do have another taxi video, but this video explains a ..

Costa Rica Expat Interviews w/ Danny pt 1 of 3

10:48 min by Michael Alan D'Angelo
Views: 4865 Rating: 5.00

TravelCostaRicaNOW.com Hey everyone. I've done a lot of expat interviews and Danny may just be the most informative interview I've done to date. Danny answers all the major questions starting a busine ..


Wild Costa Rica

6:16 min by FotoBiota
Views: 3877 Rating: 5.00

We chose Costa Rica as our honeymoon destination in 2010 because of its highly developed network of protected areas totaling about 25% of country's land. This video clip is dedicated to the efforts of ..

Costa Rica part one

7:44 min by Harry Douglas
Views: 864 Rating: 5.00

Vacationed in Costa Rica for 11 days, a place of incredible natural beauty. Tico's y Tica's are awesome folks. Spoke to many expats and wondered why the hell am I going home... props to D'Angelo & mic ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Santiago District, Paraíso

Santiago District is one of the districts of Paraíso Canton, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

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Located at 9.87 -83.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Districts of Costa Rica

Lake Cachí

Lake Cachi (Spanish: Lago de Cachí) is an artificial lake in central Costa Rica created by the Cachí Dam (Represa de Cach), an arch dam which is located in Tapantí National Park, to the southeast of Cartago in Cartago Province. The main town is Cachí, located away from the east bank of the lake. Built in the 1970s, it was one of the first hydroelectric projects in Costa Rica. It has an installed capacity of 102 MW with three units of 34 MW capacity each (Vertical Francis turbines).

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Located at 9.83 -83.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Cartago Province, Dams in Costa Rica, Reservoirs in Costa Rica

Paraíso (canton)

Paraíso is the name of the second canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 411.91 square kilometres, and has a population of 55,923 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is also called Paraíso. Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its capital city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).

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Located at 9.83 -83.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Cartago Province

Alvarado (canton)

Alvarado is the name of the sixth canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 81.06 km², and has a population of 13,078. The capital city of the canton is Pacayas. The defunct Caribbean railway line delineates a portion of the southern boundary of the oval-shaped canton, along with the Río Reventazón.

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Located at 9.92 -83.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica

Orosí

Orosi is a town in the Cartago Province in Costa Rica, about 35 kilometers south of the capital San José. Orosi is situated on the Reventazón River in the Orosi Valley. The cultivation of coffee is the leading industry in the area. Orosi has a population of approximately 4,600 and has the oldest Catholic church still in use in Costa Rica. The church, Iglesia de San Jose de Orosi, was built in 1743 during the Colony.

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Located at 9.80 -83.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica