Cartago (canton)

Sombrero River–Navarro River Protected Zone (Spanish: Zona Protectora Río Sombrero-Río Navarro), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Conservation Area, it was created in 1984 by executive decree 15436-MAG.

The 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes were a series of destructive seismic events that affected Cartago, Costa Rica from 13 April to 4 May. The sequence began with a Ms  5.8 earthquake. The largest and most destructive in the sequence occurred on 4 May, measuring Ms  6.4. A total of 2,450 people were killed and the city of Cartago was severely affected.

El Tejar is a district and the head city of the El Guarco canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.

El Guarco is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Tejar district.

The Lankester Botanical Gardens (also known as the Jardín Botánico Lankester or Charles H. Lankester Botanical Garden) are a set of gardens outside of Cartago, Costa Rica. The garden is open to the public, but is operated by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) as a research center and is a major center for orchid research in both Central America and the Caribbean.

The Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) (Spanish: Tecnológico de Costa Rica) is a university in Costa Rica specializing in engineering and advanced science and research, modeled as an institute of technology. Its main campus is located in the Dulce Nombre district of Cartago canton in the Cartago Province of Costa Rica, 24 km (15 mi) east of the capital San José.The TEC is a national autonomous institution of higher education, dedicated to teaching, research and extension in technology and associated sciences. It was created by Law No. 4777 on 10 June 1971. The TEC offers undergraduate and graduate studies in fields including engineering (construction, industrial production, electronics, industrial maintenance, biotechnology, mechatronics, computers), computer science and business management.

Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich is a multi-use stadium in Cartago, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.S. Cartaginés. The stadium holds 8350 people and was built in 1949.

Los Santos Wind Farm, (Spanish: Parque Eólico Los Santos) is a wind energy project located in Los Santos region of Costa Rica, alongside the Inter-American Highway (Route 2). It is operated by the local public utilities cooperative, Coopesantos, and generates 30% of their distributed energy. It has 15 wind turbines, at a height of 44 meters each, with an individual output of 0.85 MW, for a combined total of 12.75MW.

Tobosi is a district of the El Guarco canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. It is located about 3 miles southwest of the city of Cartago. It is also known as San Juan de Tobosi. St. John the Evangelist is the town's patron guardian.

Hospital Max Peralta is a hospital in Cartago, Costa Rica. It is named after Dr. Maximiliano Peralta Jimenez who graduated from Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University) in Philadelphia in 1894. It has 633 beds but often suffers from equipment shortages.

Oriental is a district of the Cartago canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.

Occidental is a district of the Cartago canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.