San José Province

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Map of Costa Rica highlighting the province

San José is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country. It borders from the north clockwise the provinces Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limón and Puntarenas. The capital is San José, which is also the capital of the country. The province covers an area of 4,965.3 km², and has a population of 1,345,750 (2000). On August 9th,1884; San Jose became the third city in the world and the first one in Latin America illuminated by electric energy, after New York and Paris.

It is subdivided into 20 cantons.

Canton (Capital):

Acosta (San Ignacio)
Alajuelita (Alajuelita)
Aserrí (Aserrí)
Curridabat (Curridabat)
Desamparados (Desamparados)
Dota (Santa María)
Escazú (Escazú)
Goicoechea (Guadalupe)
Leon Cortés (San Pablo)
Montes de Oca (San Pedro)
Mora (Colón)
Moravia (San Vicente)
Perez Zeledón (San Isidro)
Puriscal (Santiago)
San José Canton (San José)
Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
Tarrazú (San Marcos)
Tibás (San Juan)
Turrubares (San Pablo)
Vásquez de Coronado (San Isidro,Vásquez de Coronado)

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Provinces of Costa Rica
Alajuela • Cartago • Guanacaste • Heredia • Limón • Puntarenas • San José

Cantons of San José Province
San José \| Escazú \| Desamparados \| Puriscal \| Tarrazú \| Aserrí \| Mora \| Goicoechea \| Santa Ana \| Alajuelita \| Coronado \| Acosta \| Tibás \| Moravia \| Montes de Oca \| Turrubares \| Dota \| Curridabat \| Pérez Zeledón \| León Cortés