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San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity ...
San José (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km².
The Central Valley had been traditionally the favorite place for Costa Ricans to live, and even today it contains an unequal distribution of population of the country, in relation to its size. This is because of the fertility of land in the region, helped by the influence of volcanoes and rivers that run through the valley.
Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The head city the homonymous Curridabat . The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San José , lying on the southeast edge of the city.
Santa Ana (Costa Rica) Vorlage:Positionskarte Costa Rica San José; San Marcos (Costa Rica) San Isidro de El General; Desamparados; Usage on eo.wikipedia.org Ŝablono:Situo sur mapo Kostariko San José; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Escazú (distrito) Carmen (Costa Rica) Zapote (Costa Rica) Pavas (San José) San Sebastián (San José) San Isidro de ...
The Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica (Spanish: Gran Área Metropolitana, GAM) is the largest urban agglomeration in the country, comprising areas of high population density surrounding the capital, San José, which geographically corresponds to the Central Valley and extended to include the Guarco Valley, where some of the cantons of the Cartago province are located.
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The capital city of San Jose is also within 15–20 minutes thanks to this route. Although no distinction is legally made between freeways and tollways, Route 27 qualifies as the latter. The first two ramps (underpasses) in the San Jose-Caldera (West) direction service the Santa Ana district, the second being Route 147. These ramps have no exit ...