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Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Hacienda Jacó Airport ( ICAO: MRJO) is a grass airstrip in Playa Hermosa, Garabito Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica . The airport is the nearest airfield to Jacó, an important beach destination but on short distance to San José, making most of the travelers to reach ...
Juan Santamaría International Airport ( Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) ( IATA: SJO, ICAO: MROC) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in Alajuela Province, 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) northwest of downtown San José. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero, Juan ...
83/km 2 (210/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 61101. Jacó ( Spanish pronunciation: [xa'ko]) is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Jacó has a black sand beach that is 4 km (2.5 mi) long and is popular among surfers. [3]
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. The country is divided into seven provinces, which are subdivided into 81 cantons and 463 districts. Costa Rica's capital and largest ...
The first restaurant was opened in the wealthy Escazú district of San José, Costa Rica in 1983 by the husband-and-wife team of Mauricio Mendieta Herdocia and Ivania Espinosa. As Mauricio Mendieta is Nicaraguan, the restaurant claims to be the first Nicaraguan restaurant to have franchises. Location
Gulf of Papagayo. Coordinates: 10.7°N 85.8°W. Gulf of Papagayo seen from space. The Gulf of Papagayo ( Spanish: Golfo del Papagayo, meaning "gulf of the parrot") is a large body of water off Guanacaste province and the northwestern coast of Costa Rica. The Gulf and its coastline are part of a major tourism project by Costa Rica's government.
Alajuela ( Spanish pronunciation: [alaˈxwela]) is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it is also the capital of the Province of Alajuela.
San José ( Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. 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 ...