🇨🇷 Moravia is the fourteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Vicente.
History Moravia was created on 1 August 1914. Law No. 55 created Villa San Vicente on 1 August 1914. The first session of the Council of Moravia was held on 19 January 1915. The first electric street lighting was also installed that year. Law No. 3248 gave the town of San Vicente city status on 6 December 1963.
Geography Moravia has an area of 28.62 km² (11.05 sq mi). The canton has an average elevation of [convert: invalid number].
The canton begins in the northern suburbs of the capital of Costa Rica, San José. It continues north-east toward the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). The Virilla, Pará, and Blanco rivers are on the north and west edges of the canton. The Quebrada Azul and Macho rivers form the south-east boundaries of the canton.
Other rivers in Moravia include Quebrada Barreal, Quebrada Lajas, Quebrada San Francisco, Quebrada Tornillal, Quebrada Yerbabuena, Acequia, Agrá, Hondura, Ipís, Pará Grande, Paracito, and Zurquí. Mountain peaks in the area include Zurquí (1,583m), Vargas (1,396m), and Trina (1,270m).
Moravia has highly populated suburbs in the south and rural mountain landscapes to the north. The canton of Vázquez de Coronado is to the east and north of Moraia/ San Isidro, Santo Domingo and Tibás are to the west. To the south of Moravia is Goicoechea.
Districts The canton of Moravia is has three districts: 1 San Vicente; 2 San Jerónimo; 3 La Trinidad
The Moravia canton has a population of over 56,920 people. For the location of Moravia see: San Vicente.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Moravia has links with:
🇲🇽 Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico🇵🇭 Kabankalan 9.98
🇨🇷 Puntarenas 9.977
🇺🇸 Lawrenceville -83.983
🇺🇸 Thomasville -83.967
Locations Near: Moravia -84.0183,10.0099
🇨🇷 Heredia -84.116,9.999 d: 10.8
🇨🇷 San José -84.115,9.945 d: 12.9
🇨🇷 Escazú -84.146,9.916 d: 17.4
🇨🇷 Cartago -83.921,9.857 d: 20.1
🇨🇷 Alajuela -84.221,10.016 d: 22.2
🇨🇷 Turrialba -83.681,9.89 d: 39.3
🇨🇷 Quesada -84.42,10.344 d: 57.6
🇨🇷 Puntarenas -84.834,9.977 d: 89.4
Antipodal to: Moravia 95.982,-10.01
🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 19036.5
🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 19036
🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 18964.7
🇮🇩 Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 18897.8
🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 18898.7
🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 18873.5
🇮🇩 Sawahlunto 100.777,-0.681 d: 18850.1
🇮🇩 Padang Panjang 100.429,-0.458 d: 18844.6
🇮🇩 Bukittinggi 100.367,-0.3 d: 18831.4
🇮🇩 Teluk Dalam 97.8,0.55 d: 18823.8