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Alajuela
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Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it is also the capital of the Province of Alajuela.
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Alajuela is a city and district in Costa Rica, serving as the capital of both Alajuela Province and Alajuela Canton. It is situated within Alajuela Canton at an elevation of 952 meters above sea level. The city was established on October 12, 1782, and operates in the UTC−06:00 time zone.
The area covers 10.61 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 44,374 residents and another citing 47,494. The postal code for the city is 20101. Alajuela has twinned relationships with Lahr/Schwarzwald, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Montegrotto Terme, and Bordano.
Synthesized by Vinony from 48 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alajuela
- Region
- Alajuela
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Population
- 47,494
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Alajuela
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District, City
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de la Provincia de Alajuela.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Alajuela.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.nickname
- (City of Mangoes)
- Settlement.motto
- For our country, our blood
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapsize
- 275px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Alajuela and surrounding area
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Costa Rica
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Alajuela within Costa Rica
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Costa Rica
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alajuela Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Canton
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Costa Rica
- Official name
- Alajuela
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Located in
- Alajuela Canton
- Population
- 44374
- Area
- 10.61
- Elevation
- 952
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Alajuela Canton
- Image
- Alajuela, Costa Rica - Juan Park.png
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- twinned administrative body
- Alcalá de Henares
- Commons category
- Alajuela
- topic's main category
- Category:Alajuela
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Alajuela
- postal code
- 20101
- inception
- 1782-10-12
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Alajuela
- native label
- Alajuela
- P12749
- Eimsbüttel
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
There is not very much to see in the city itself, but Alajuela is an excellent spot for beginning and ending a trip in part due to "San José" Airport being here.
Do
For the nearby Braulio Carrillo National Park and Poás Volcano National Park see region article on Central Valley. The will take you to the top of the volcano in the Poás Volcano National Park and then return you to Alajuela after several hours.
Go next
Atenas, in Alajuela Province – It had been ranked as the best weather worldwide. Atenas town in well known by the American community here. It is on the way to the central Pacific beaches becoming a mandatory stop on the way to Jaco or Manuel Antonio National Park. San Ramon Grecia Palmares
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- History
- Economy
- Transportation
- Road transportation
- Rail transportation
- Sports
- Gallery
- Sister cities
- Notable residents
- Historical
- Born in or live in Alajuela
- References
- External links
Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it is also the capital of the Province of Alajuela.
Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays part of the conurbation of the Greater Metropolitan Area. The city is the birthplace of Juan Santamaría, the national hero of Costa Rica and the figure who gives the name to the country's main international airport, which is south of Alajuela downtown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alajuela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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