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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 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 ...
Turrubares has an area of 415.29 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 313 metres. [2] The Grande de Tárcoles River delineates the north and northwest boundaries of the canton. The Carara River, Camaronal River and the Fila Negra (Black Mountains) establish the boundary on the west. The south and southwest is marked by the Tulin River, and the ...
Curridabat (canton) Mountains seen from Curridabat. / 9.9163367; -84.0282798. 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.
Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [11] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...
Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.26 km 2, [2] and has a population of 206,708, [3] making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The canton's capital city is also called Desamparados . The canton begins in the southern suburbs of the national ...
Acosta has an area of 342.24 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 1,009 metres. [2] The mountainous canton begins in the Cerros de Escazú on the far western edge of the San José Metropolitan Area. It continues west and south between the Negro River on the north and the Jorco River on the east to encompass a large portion of the Coastal Mountain ...
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.
San José District, Upala. / 10.9471255; -85.1890159. San José, also known as Pizote, is a district of the Upala canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. [1] [2]