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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. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity ...
According to the Executive Decree N°41548-MGP (Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República), a city in Costa Rica is a ceremonial title awarded to a district or districts which contain the administrative center regardless of factors such as population, population density, or economic indicators.
2,100/km 2 (5,400/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10901. Santa Ana is a district and head city of the Santa Ana canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] The city acts as seat to the municipal government of the Santa Ana Canton.
Website. www.desamparados.go.cr. Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.89 km 2 (45.90 sq mi), [1] and had a population of 223,226 in 2022, [2] making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The canton's capital city is also called Desamparados.
40,065. • Density. 10,000/km 2 (26,000/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10111. San Sebastián is the eleventh district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] An important residential district, San Sebastián is the third most populous and second most densely populated in the canton.
Santa Ana (Spanish: Cantón de Santa Ana) is the ninth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. [2] [3] It is located in the Central Valley.It borders with the Alajuela canton to the north, the Mora canton to the south and west, the Escazú canton to the east, as well as the Belén canton to the north east. [4]
Escazú is the second canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] The canton lies west of the San José Canton, and its whole territory is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area. The canton was one of the country's earliest, established on December 7, 1848. [ 3] As the metropolitan area has expanded Escazú has become a suburban ...
Merced. / 9.9399591; -84.0883582. Merced is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown ( casco central) properly. This division is merely commercial, but covers an important part of "josefino" life and activities.