San José () is a province of

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, Heredia,

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, Cartago and

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. The provincial and national capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km². and has a population of 1,404,242.Resultados Generales Censo 2011
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Subdivisions

The province of San José is subdivided into 20 cantons. Canton (Capital): # San José ( San José) # Escazú ( Escazú) #

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) # Aserrí ( Aserrí) #

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Ciudad Colón Colón, known as Ciudad Colón is a district and the head city of the Mora canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is famous for its warm climate, proximity to nature and its surrounding mountains, folkloric traditions, horse riding ...

) # Goicoechea ( Guadalupe) # Santa Ana ( Santa Ana) # Alajuelita ( Alajuelita) #

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( San Isidro) # Acosta ( San Ignacio) #

Tibás Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Juan. History Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31. It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be ...

( San Juan) #

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Curridabat Curridabat is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Curridabat has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is situated on the eastern border of the San José capital city, north of ...

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) # Pérez Zeledón (

San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General () is the first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, in the southern part of the province of San José in Costa Rica, as well as the name of said district's main city. San Isidro de El General is the most populou ...

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( San Pablo)

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