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San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's cantons , with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) [ 4 ] and having within it an estimated population of 352,381 people in ...
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.
Costa Rica (UK: / ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [10] 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 ...
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.
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]
National Road Network of Costa Rica. ← Route 23. → Route 32. National Primary Route 27, or just Route 27 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Primaria 27, or Ruta 27) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, is a route which connects the Greater Metropolitan Area to Caldera Port and the Pacific coast of the country. [1]
The Central Valley (Spanish: Valle Central) is a plateau and a geographic region of central Costa Rica. The land in the valley is a relative plain, despite being surrounded by several mountains and volcanoes, the latter part of the Central Range. The region houses almost three quarters of Costa Ricans, and includes the capital and most populous ...
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.