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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 .
Pages in category "Beaches of Costa Rica" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Flamingo, Costa ...
Pousada Rio e Mar, Massarandupió Beach, Entre Rios [28] Quinta das Flores, Entre Rios [29] Paraíba. Pousada Villamor, Coqueirinho Beach, Jacumã, near Tambaba nude beach [30] Rio de Janeiro. Recanto Paraíso Naturist Resort [31] in the municipality of Piraí; Rio Grande do Sul. Hotel Ocara, in the municipality of Colinas do Sul [32] São Paulo
UCIMED (Universidad de Ciencias Médicas) is a medical school in San José. UCIMED was founded in 1978 and is solely dedicated to the teaching of medicine. Universidad Cristiana del Sur is in San José. Texas Tech University - Costa Rica is in San Rafael District, Escazú. Universidad EARTH is in Pocora, Limón. It specializes in agriculture ...
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.
Costa Rica shares a 313-kilometre (194-mile) border with Nicaragua to the north, and a 348-km border with Panama to the south. Costa Rica claims an exclusive economic zone of 574,725 km 2 (221,903 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) and a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi). Land use: Arable land: 4.8%.
Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 3.14 million foreign visitors in 2019. During the same year, El Salvador was ranked second in the region with 1.77 million, followed by Panama and Guatemala with 1.75 million visitors each.
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.