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Cartago Canton, Cartago Province, Costa Ricai
Regional Level Types
Cartago CantonCanton
Cartago ProvinceProvince
Costa RicaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Cartago26,594 (2016)
Pacayas1,556 (2018)
Other Languages:
French:
Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Italian:
cantone di Cartago, provincia di Cartago, Costa Rica
Russian:
Картаго, Картаго, Коста-Рика
Simplified Chinese:
卡塔戈县, 卡塔戈省, 哥斯达黎加
Spanish:
Cantón Cartago, Provincia Cartago, Costa Rica
Arabic:
كارتاغو, كارتاغو, كوستاريكا
Asturian:
Cartago, Costa Rica
Basque:
Cartago kantonamendua, Cartago , Costa Rica
Catalan:
Cartago, Província de Cartago, Costa Rica
Cebuano:
Cantón Central de Cartago, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica
Dutch:
Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Japanese:
カルタゴ , カルタゴ州, コスタリカ
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Cartago Kūn, Costa Rica
Portuguese:
Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Swedish:
Cantón Central de Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Vietnamese:
Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica
Waray:
Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica


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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.282; Micro Probe Vol. 7 No. 7 Spring 1993
Laumontite
Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Habit: prisms to 3cm long and 8mm wide
Colour: white
Reference: Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.282; Micro Probe Vol. 7 No. 7 Spring 1993
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Reference: undefined; Too many articles who say there malachite in Cartago and I see it in museums and sotores; Mineral resources of Costa Rica. Rolando Castillo Muñoz

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Laumontite9.GB.10CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
SiSilicon
Si LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
CaCalcium
Ca LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Ca CalciteCaCO3
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.30 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed1.80 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Tapirus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Tapiridae : Tapirus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartago_(canton)
Wikidata ID:Q2185499
GeoNames ID:3624369

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