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The Irazú Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Irazú) is an active volcano in Costa Rica situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago. The name could come from either the combination of ara (point) and tzu (thunder) or a corruption of Iztarú which was the name of an indigenous village on the flanks of the volcano. In Costa Rica it is known by the name of El Coloso (The Colossus) due to the catastrophes that it has provoked in the past.
