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Website. www .escazu .go .cr. Escazú is the second canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. [1] [2] The canton lies west of the San José Canton, and its whole territory is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area. The canton was one of the country's earliest, established on December 7, 1848. [3] As the metropolitan area has expanded ...
Escazú hills seen from San Antonio. San Antonio district. San Antonio. San Antonio district location in Costa Rica. Coordinates: 9°53′26″N 84°08′30″W / . 9.8906435°N 84.1416704°W. / 9.8906435; -84.1416704. Country.
Escazú has an area of 4.56 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 1,101 metres. [1]It is located on the northeast slopes of the Cerros de Escazú, 9 kilometers west of the national capital city of San José, and lies in the center of the canton, limiting west to Santa Ana Canton, north to San Rafael district and south to San Antonio district.
San Rafael district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°56′41″N 84°09′12″W / 9.9448051°N 84.1532395°W / 9.9448051; -84.1532395 Country
There are seven District Municipal Councils ( Concejo Municipal de Distrito) in districts that are geographically distant from the head city of the canton where the municipality is located; these councils are in charge of municipal administrative activities. Peñas Blancas, in San Ramón canton. Tucurrique, in Jiménez canton.
11,320. • Density. 2,100/km 2 (5,400/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10901. Santa Ana is a district and head city of the Santa Ana canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] The city acts as seat to the municipal government of the Santa Ana Canton.
The town of Escazú with the mountains in the background. The highest peak is Cerro Rabo de Mico at 2,428 m (7,966 ft), followed closely by Cerro Cedral at a height of 2,420 m (7,940 ft). The range includes such other peaks as Cerro Pico Alto at 2,353 m (7,720 ft), Cerro Pico Blanco at 2,271 m (7,451 ft) and Cerro San Miguel at 2,035 m (6,677 ft).
The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement (Spanish: Acuerdo de Escazú), is an international treaty signed by 25 Latin American and Caribbean nations concerning the rights of access to information about the environment, public participation in environmental ...