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Quesada is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is the head city of the canton of San Carlos. Although Ciudad Quesada is the official name, it is commonly referred to by the area name of San Carlos. Ciudad Quesada is also the most populous city in the canton of San Carlos.
Creator of the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. Ricardo Fernandez Guardia (1867–1950) Historian, Author, Diplomat. Declared Benemerito de la Patria (Distinguished Citizen) in 1944. León Cortés Castro (1882–1946) President of Costa Rica (1936–40) Otilio Ulate (1891–1973) President of Costa Rica (1949–53)
La verdad histórica en torno a la anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica (in Spanish). ANDE: Revista de la Asociación Nacional de Educadores. pp. 101– 108. Molina Jiménez, Iván (1997). Historia de Costa Rica: breve, actualizada y con ilustraciones (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. p. 148. ISBN 9977674116. Obregón ...
When conquistador Gil Gonzalez Dávila entered Nicoya in 1523, it was the largest cacicazgo (chiefdom) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Though it is often surmised that the city and peninsula of Nicoya derive their name from a cacique Nicoa (or Nicoya) who welcomed Dávila and his men, actually Nicoya took its name from the Nahuatl appellation Necoc Īāuh, literally "on both sides its ...
Costa Rica's first constitution, the Pact of Concord established the Catholic religion as the one that "is and always would be" of the land and banned any other religion, except in the case of foreigners who were there for transit or commerce and who could practice their religion freely as far as they do not proselytize. [19]
Limón (Spanish pronunciation:), also known as Puerto Limón, is the capital city of both the province and canton of the same name. One of Costa Rica's seven "middle cities" (i.e., main cities outside of San José's Greater Metropolitan Area), [1] [2] Limón has a population of 71,514, which made it, as of 2022, the most-populous city in the country outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area and ...
[3] Costa Rica's first president, Juan Mora Fernández, and other josefino (San José) personalities devoted themselves to providing the park with several dispositions to preserve this green area legacy. [3] For more than 150 years, the park developed its characteristic vegetation, spurred by planting campaigns from the citizens.
Centro Centroamericano de Población [6] For the 2011 census , Las Horquetas had a population of 24,331 inhabitants. [ 7 ] It is the most populated of the canton, ahead even of Puerto Viejo y La Virgen .