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World's largest oxcart on display in Costa Rica. Costa Rican oxcarts, called carretas in Spanish, are a large part of Costa Rican history. They allowed for the expansion and increase of exports of many goods including Costa Rica's main export, coffee. It also is a huge part of Costa Rican culture today. The oxcarts are considered one of Costa ...
San Isidro de El General (Spanish pronunciation: [san iˈsiðɾo ðe el xeneˈɾal]) is the first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, in the southern part of the province of San José in Costa Rica, as well as the name of said district's main city. [1] [2] San Isidro de El General is the most populous city in the Brunca region.
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes, was elected mayor of the canton with 26.38% of the votes, with Carlos Alberto Padilla Corella and Kenneth Alexander Cubillo Vargas as first and second vice ...
Costa Rica had two main lines for freight and passenger transportation, the Pacific line (between San José and Puntarenas) and the Atlantic line (between Alajuela, through Heredia and San José to Limón), both of which converge in the San José canton, with the eponymous terminus station of each line a mere 2 kilometer apart, which are connected by rail.
San Mateo has an area of 125.9 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 311 metres. [2]The northern border of the elongated province is formed by the Jesús María, Machuca, Agua Agría, Calera rivers and Quebrada Zapote.
July 05 Netherlands 0(4) - Costa Rica 0(3) Semi-finals July 08 Brazil 1 - Germany 7
La Cruz is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the north of the country, near the border with Nicaragua . Geography
Seven countries, an ocean and over a thousand miles stand between them and their dreams for a future.