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National Route 39 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 39, or just Route 39 ( es, Ruta Nacional Primaria 39, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San JosĂ© province. Its official name is (Second Republic Drive), is also known as (Loop Road), and is an incomplete ring road encircling the central districts of San JosĂ© canton, the capital of the country. Description It is one of the main roads of the capital San JosĂ©, its purpose is to avoid the congestion of the inner districts. Currently, it starts in Uruca, in Avenida 39, which then takes south and to the east, finishing in the Goicoechea junction to Route 108 and Route 100. It is designed as dual two-lane road. In San JosĂ© province the route covers San JosĂ© canton (Zapote, San Francisco de Dos RĂos, Uruca, Mata Redonda, Pavas, Hatillo, San Sebastián districts), Goicoechea canton ( Guadalupe, Calle Blancos districts), Montes de Oca canton ( San Pedro, Mercedes districts). Initially, eight roundabouts were construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José (canton)
San JosĂ© is the first canton in the province of San JosĂ© in Costa Rica. It includes the national capital city of San JosĂ©. The canton lies on a fertile plain at the eastern end of the Central Valley (Valle Central). The Virilla River and Torres River form the border on the north, while the TiribĂ River marks the southern boundary. The canton encompasses San JosĂ© city, composed by all of its districts, albeit partially Uruca, although the Greater Metropolitan Area reaches far beyond in all directions. The Mayor of San JosĂ© Canton is Johnny Araya Monge (Partido LiberaciĂłn Nacional). Geography San JosĂ© has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Districts The canton of San JosĂ© is subdivided into the following districts: # Carmen # Merced # Hospital # Catedral # Zapote # San Francisco de Dos RĂos # Uruca # Mata Redonda # Pavas # Hatillo # San Sebastián Demographics For the 2011 census, San JosĂ© had a population of inhabitants. Most of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes District, Montes De Oca
Mercedes is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San JosĂ© province of Costa Rica. Geography Mercedes has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. Locations ''Barrios'' (neighborhoods): Betania, Alma Máter, Damiana, Dent (part), GuaymĂ, Paso Hondo, Paulina, Profesores Demographics For the 2011 census, Mercedes had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 39 The following highways are numbered 39. For a list of roads called ''N39'', see List of N39 roads. Australia * Newell Highway * Goulburn Valley Highway * **Gore Highway **Leichhardt Highway Canada * Alberta Highway 39 * British Columbia Highw ... * National Route 201 * National Route 202 References {{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of San JosĂ© Province Populated places in San JosĂ© Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heredia (canton)
Heredia is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Heredia district, and is also the provincial capital of Heredia Province. History Heredia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167. Geography Heredia has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The canton includes the areas south and west of the capital city of Heredia as far as the Virilla River and the National Route 1. The non-contiguous district of Varablanca, that includes a large portion of Braulio Carrillo National Park high in the Cordillera Central, is also administered as part of Heredia Canton. Districts The canton of Heredia is subdivided into the following districts: # Heredia # Mercedes # San Francisco # Ulloa # Varablanca Demographics For the 2011 census, Heredia had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The canton is covered by the following road routes: Rail transportation The Interurbano Line operated by Incofe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 32 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 32, or just Route 32 ( es, Ruta Nacional Primaria 32, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San JosĂ©, Heredia, LimĂłn provinces. It connects the central valley and Greater Metropolitan Area to the Caribbean coast of the country. Description As the main exports road of the country, through the MoĂn ports, 83% of the products are shipped abroad, equivalent to around 1500 trailer trucks. The (North Atlantic Drive) is made from the section between Guápiles and LimĂłn of this route, and the totality of Route 4. It allows direct travel between the Caribbean coast of the country to the northwest canton of La Cruz in Guanacaste Province. From Route 108 in downtown San JosĂ© canton, towards the Virilla river bridge there four lanes, two in each direction, then there are two lanes, one in each direction with a third ascent lane when required. As it crosses the Braulio Carrillo National Park, there is lush greenery and vegetation as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 2 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 2, formally known as (South Interamerican Road), is the southern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica. Description The road begins in the (downtown, city center) districts of San JosĂ© canton, just where Route 1 ends, at the east side of the La Sabana Metropolitan Park. The segment between Curridabat and Cartago canton is named , further south it is just known as . In San JosĂ© province the route covers San JosĂ© canton ( Hospital, Catedral districts), Montes de Oca canton ( San Pedro district), Dota canton ( Copey district), Curridabat canton ( Curridabat, Sánchez districts), PĂ©rez ZeledĂłn canton (San Isidro de El General, Daniel Flores, Rivas, San Pedro, CajĂłn, Páramo districts). In Cartago province the route covers Cartago canton ( San Nicolás, Aguacaliente o San Francisco, Guadalupe o Arenilla, Dulce Nombre districts), ParaĂso canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravia (canton)
Moravia is the fourteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Vicente. Toponymy It is named in honour of President Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814 – 1860). Since there was already a canton called Mora, this one was named Moravia. History Moravia was created on 1 August 1914 by decree 55. Law No. 55 established Villa San Vicente on 1 August 1914. The first session of the Council of Moravia was held on 19 January 1915, and the first electric street lighting was installed in the same year. Law No. 3248 gave the town of San Vicente city status on 6 December 1963. Geography Moravia has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The elongated canton begins in the northern suburbs of the national capital city of San José and continues northeast toward the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). The Virilla, Pará, and Blanco rivers on the north and west, and the Quebrada Azul and Macho rivers on the southeast, partia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabanilla District, Montes De Oca
Sabanilla is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Toponymy comes from the root word , which translates as savanna and the diminutive suffix ''-illa'', therefore the meaning becomes ''little savanna'', a small area without a thick tree canopy. History By the end of the 19th century, finishes the construction of the , it was a work promoted by a visit to the coffee producing town by Monsignor Bernardo Augusto Thiel, second bishop of Costa Rica between 1880 and 1991. On August 2, 1915, the Montes de Oca canton is founded by law decree 45, under the Alfredo González Flores administration. On April 24, 1977, Franz Hinkelammert established in Sabanilla the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), which is visited annually by many liberation theologians Liberation theology is a Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. In certain contexts, it engages socio-economic analyses, with "soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curridabat (canton)
Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San JosĂ© province of Costa Rica. The head city the homonymous Curridabat. The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San JosĂ©, lying on the southeast edge of the city. History Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209. In 1930 the canton had a municipality with three ''regidores'', a Major (AKA ''Ejecutivo Municipal'') and ''Jefe polĂtico'' (both charges were in the same person). At this time the canton's population were 5,000 people, but with the time and the population grew and the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, road, sidewalk maintenance and built some infrastructure. Then the municipality Council was expanded to five members by popular election in 1970. Geography Curridabat has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Points of interest * ''Plaza del Sol'' (Sun's Plaza) a shopping center built between 1982 and 1983. At the time it was the most modern s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catedral District
Catedral is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica, it is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. Toponymy The district receives its name because of the Cathedral and the catholic Archdiocese of San José, the only archdiocese in the country which lies between its boundaries, along with several other government buildings. Geography Catedral has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. Catedral is on the center-east of the canton, and has a small portion of boundary with Montes de Oca Canton at its eastern part. The division also borders (clockwards) Zapote district to the east, San Sebastián district to the south, Hospital and Merced districts to the west, and El Carmen district to the north. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro, Costa Rica
San Pedro is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography San Pedro has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, San Pedro had a population of inhabitants. Locations The district is home to the University of Costa Rica, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, and other institutions of higher learning. Residential and commercial development is very high and commercial buildings are slowly taking the place of previous quiet suburbs. ''Barrios'' (neighborhoods): Alhambra, Azáleas, Carmiol, Cedral, Dent (part), Francisco Peralta (part), Fuentes, Granja, Kezia, Lourdes, Monterrey, Nadori, Oriente, Pinto, Prados del Este, Roosevelt, San Gerardo (part), Santa Marta, Saprissa, Vargas Araya, Yoses Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 39 * National Route 202 * National Route 203 * National Route 306 Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desamparados (canton)
Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San JosĂ© in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.26 km², and has a population of 206,708, making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The capital city of the canton is also called Desamparados. The canton begins in the southern suburbs of the national capital city of San JosĂ©, with the RĂo TiribĂ marking its northern boundary. It snakes its way south in the shape of a backward ´S´, finally reaching its southern limit at the RĂo TarrazĂş. It contains the bigger of the last forest lungs in the metropolitan area of Costa Ricans capital, the Loma Salitral, which conservation issues have generated social conflicts between community environmentalist and immobiliary developers, as it is seen as an identity mark of the desamparadeño people and a very important infiltration area to prevent the frequents and disastrous floods in the district of Gravilias. Urban areas claim 80.4% of the canto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alajuelita (canton)
Alajuelita is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. History Alajuelita was created on 4 June 1909 by decree 58. The first settlements in the area occurred by 1650. The name "Alajuelita" comes from a diminutive form of the name of Alajuela Province due to original settlers coming from that province. Geography Alajuelita has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The odd-shaped canton reaches southwest from the suburbs of the national capital city of San José. It is delineated by the Tiribà River on the northeast, Cañas River on the east, Poás River on the southeast, and the Cerros de Escazú at it far southwestern end. The is located in this canton along with the San Miguel Hill, whose metallic cross built at its peak is definitely one of the more beloved landmarks in Costa Rican Central Region.http://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr/bitstream/handle/10669/13745/La%20Cruz%20de%20Alajuelita.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Districts The canton of Alajuelita is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
