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  2. San José, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. San José Central Market - Wikipedia

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    San José Central Market (Spanish: Mercado central) is the largest market of the city of San José, Costa Rica. Established in 1880, it occupies an entire block on Avenida Central, 250m northwest of the Parque Central. The market contains a complex of narrow alleys with over 200 shops, stalls, and cheap restaurants called sodas. A huge range of ...

  4. Desamparados (canton) - Wikipedia

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    Desamparados. / 9.8114083; -84.0289552. 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 .

  5. National Theatre of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The 1,140-seat National Theatre of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica) is Costa Rica 's national theatre, located in the central section of San José. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust . The National Theatre stood as a cultural ...

  6. Pre-Columbian Gold Museum - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Columbian Gold Museum. The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum ( Spanish: Museo del Oro Precolombino, officially Spanish: Museo de Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica.

  7. San José Province - Wikipedia

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    San José ( Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km².

  8. Juan Santamaría International Airport - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Key Largo (bar) - Wikipedia

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    Key Largo Bar. The Key Largo is a famous cultural center place in San José, Costa Rica where multiple cultural and artistic activities are carried out for the whole family, it has a restaurant, cafeteria, gardens and spaces for the development of events, fairs and more... The Cultural Center is located in a central area of San José, and is ...