● The capital is San José, which is also the capital of the country..
● San Joce .
It is located in the central part of the country. It borders from the north clockwise theprovinces Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limón and Puntarenas.
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.
When their airplane approaches the country's Juan Santamaria International Airport, visitors are treated to the sight of a broad green valley flanked by steep, volcanic mountains that seem to be forever topped with fluffy clouds.
The city of San Jose spreads out below, thinning to scattering of towns and villages that eventually merge into a lush green countryside. San Jose, the capital and business center of Costa Rica, is a comfortable place to live despite its large population.
Those who live here soon learn to appreciate San Jose for its many cool cultural events. No other place in Central America – or even most cities in the United States – offers as many opportunities for opera, plays, museums, art galleries, symphonies, and foreign artists of all kinds. Ones you learn where the good restaurants are found, you'll look forward to visiting often.
The most well known San Jose's suburbs - places like Escazu, Santa Ana, Rohrmoser, Heredia, San Pedro.
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. It is also the capital of the San José Province. San José is located in the center of the country at 9°56′N, 84°5′W; it is on a mountain plateau at an elevation of about 1,170 meters (3,839 feet) above sea level.
According to the 2000 census, the city had a population of 309,672 people in San José Canton: the latter half of the 20th century was a period of rapid growth for the city, considering that in 1950 its population was a mere 86,900. The metropolitan area of San José exceeds the canton limits and surpasses 2.5 million inhabitants.
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National Parks of Costa Rica .
1.Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Isla Bolaños
2.Parque Nacional Santa Rosa y Guanacaste
3.Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja
4.Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño Negro
5.Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Barra del Colorado
y Parque Nacional Tortuguero
6.Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas de Guanacaste.
7.Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal.
8.Parque Nacional Palo Verde.
9.Parque Nacional Barra Honda.
10.Refugio Silvestre Peñas Blancas.
11. Póas Volcano National Park.
12.Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo.
13.Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Ostional.
14. Cocos Island National Park.
15.Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco.
16.Refugio Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Curú.
17.Reserva Biológica de las Islas Guayabo,
Negritos y de los Pájaros
18.Reserva Biológica Carara.
19.Parque Nacional Volcán Irazú.
20.Monumento Nacional Guayabo.
21. Manuel Antonio National Park.
22.Parque Nacional Marino Ballena.
23. La Amistad International Park.
24.Parque Nacional Cahuita.
25.Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Gandoca-Manzanillo.
26.Reserva Biológica Isla del Caño.
27.Parque Nacional Corcovado.
28.Parque Nacional de Fauna Silvestre Golfito.
29.Parque Nacional Juan Castro Blanco.
30. Arenal Volcano National Park.
31.Parque Nacional Tapantí.
32.Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere.
Tourism in Costa Rica is one of the fastest growing economic sectors of the country and by 1995 became the largest foreign exchange earner. Since 2004, tourism earns more foreign exchange than bananas and coffee combined.
The tourism boom began in 1987, with the number of visitors up from 329,000 in 1988, through 1 million in 1999, to 1.9 million foreign visitors in 2007, allowing the country to earn $1.9-billion in that year.
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