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Alajuela is an important transport hub for the country, connecting the capital city of San José with northwestern Costa Rica. As a part of the Greater Metropolitan Area , most of the inhabitants of Alajuela work in other cities or regions of the Central Valley, and every day receives residents from other locations to work in local factories.
Alajuela (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north. It also borders the provinces of Heredia to the east, San José to the south, Puntarenas to the southwest and Guanacaste to the west. As of 2011, the province had a population of 885,571. [2]
Alajuela has an area of 391.62 km 2 (151.21 sq mi) [ 3] and a mean elevation of 942 m (3,091 ft). [ 1] Northward from the city of Alajuela, the canton continues along the border with the province of Heredia to its east, encompassing a strip of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) between Poas Volcano and Barva Volcano.
San Ramón is a district in the canton of San Ramón in Alajuela Province in Costa Rica. The central municipality (distrito) of San Ramón covers an area of 1.29 km 2 (0.50 sq mi) [1] and has a population of 10,710. [2] Together with adjoining distritos, it forms what is colloquially known as Ciudad de San Ramón (San Ramón City).
Lake Alajuela. Lake Alajuela (Spanish: Lago Alajuela) is an artificial lake in the Chagres River basin. The lake is bounded by the Madden Dam and linked to the Panama Canal. Lake Alajuela serves as a reservoir for the canal, which lies to the lake's southwest. [2] It was created in 1935 by damming up the Madden River.
1,400/km 2 (3,500/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 20108. San Rafael is a district of the Alajuela canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. [1][2]
Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center, formerly Rescate Animal Zoo Ave, is an urban park of approximately 14 hectares (35 acres), located in La Garita, [2] in the canton of Alajuela, Costa Rica. [3] It has an average altitude of 814 meters and is bounded to the north by the bed of the river Rio Poas. The site includes the largest collection of bird ...
San Mateo has an area of 64.85 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 254 metres. [1] It is located in the coastal lowlands near the central Pacific coast, 31 kilometers east of Caldera Port, 44 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela and 53 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose .