San José (Costa Rica)
San Jose | |
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Coordinates: 9 ° 55 ' N , 84 ° 5' W
San José on the map of San José province
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Location of San José in Costa Rica
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Basic data | |
Country | Costa Rica |
province | San Jose |
City foundation | December 7, 1848 |
Residents | 339,588 (Ber. 2006) |
- in the metropolitan area | 1,611,616 |
City insignia | |
Detailed data | |
surface | 44.62 km 2 |
Population density | 7,546 inhabitants / km 2 |
height | 1161 m |
City structure | 11 distritos |
Waters | Rio Torres Río María Aguilar |
Post Code | 10101-10111 |
Time zone | UTC −6 |
City Presidency | Johnny Araya Monge ( PASJ ) |
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Court of Justice in San José |
San José is the capital of the Central American state Costa Rica and has around 340,000 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of San José of the same name and the largest city in the country.
San José is located in the center of Costa Rica in the Valle Central plateau 1170 meters above sea level. After only having 86,900 inhabitants in 1950, the city grew very quickly in the second half of the 20th century.
In a ranking of cities according to their quality of life, San José ranked 113th out of 231 cities worldwide in 2018.
history
Until 1824, San José was an insignificant small village. That year, Costa Rica's first elected head of state, Juan Mora Fernández , decided to move the seat of government out of the old Spanish capital, Cartago , and try a fresh start in a new city. The time was marked by great optimism in the recently independent Central American Confederation , of which Costa Rica was then a province. Since it was founded in the 18th century, San José has little in common with the colonial architecture of most other Latin American capitals.
In 1843 the University of St. Thomas (Universidad de Santo Tomás) was founded there, and in 1940 the University of Costa Rica . From 1911 to 1918 the city was the seat of the Central American Court of Justice .
Attractions
- Mercado Central
- Teatro Nacional
- National Library of Costa Rica (Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano")
- National Monument of Costa Rica
- National Museum of Costa Rica
- Museos del Banco Central: Museo del Oro Precolombino , Museo de Numismática (Central Bank Museums for Pre-Columbian Gold and Numismatics)
- Museo de Jade (Jade Museum)
traffic
The old city center is laid out in a checkerboard pattern . The Avenidas run from east to west, the Calles from north to south. The avenues to the north of Avenida Central are provided with odd numbers, those to the south with even numbers. The calles east of Calle Central are marked with odd numbers, those to the west with even numbers. Theoretical city center is therefore the intersection of Avenida Central / Calle Central.
Public transport is organized by buses from central stops. Due to the heavy traffic in the rush hour, some loss of time must be expected. Most parts of the city, however, are relatively well developed. There are regular private lines from central bus stations to all other major cities in the country.
On August 11, 2009, modern rail traffic was put into operation on the approximately 10 km long suburban line to Heredia , which was modernized for this purpose . This route is also part of a planned light rail system .
Juan Santamaría International Airport is located about 20 km northwest of the city in the area of the city of Alajuela .
sons and daughters of the town
- Juan Mora Fernández (1784-1854), politician
- Manuel Alvarado e Hidalgo (1784–1836), priest and head of state of Costa Rica
- Manuel José Fernández Chacón (1786–1841), Jefe de Estado of Costa Rica
- Manuel Aguilar Chacón (1797–1845), Jefe de Estado of Costa Rica
- Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814–1860), President of Costa Rica
- José María Montealegre Fernández (1815–1887), President of Costa Rica
- José Miguel Mora Porras (1816–1887), President of Costa Rica
- José María Castro Madriz (1818-1892), President of Costa Rica
- Vicente Herrera Zeledón (1821–1888), President of Costa Rica
- Bruno Carranza Ramírez (1822-1891), President of Costa Rica
- Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (1834–1885), President of Costa Rica
- José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón (1838–1917), President of Costa Rica
- Mauro Fernández Acuña (1843–1905), Minister for Public Education and Bank Director
- Carlos Durán Cartín (1852–1924), President of Costa Rica
- Rafael Yglesias Castro (1861–1924), President of Costa Rica
- Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados (1868–1931), President of Costa Rica
- Julio Fonseca (1885–1950), composer
- Vicente Sáenz (1896–1963), journalist
- Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900–1970), President of Costa Rica
- Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900–1960), President of Costa Rica
- Fernando Centeno Güell (1907-1993), writer
- Manuel Mora Valverde (1909–1994), Secretary General
- Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915–2011), politician
- José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916–2010), politician, President
- Abel Pacheco (* 1933), President of Costa Rica
- Bernal Flores (* 1937), composer
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (* 1940), President of Costa Rica
- Isabel Montero de la Cámara (* 1942), diplomat
- José Eduardo Sancho Castañeda (* 1947), politician
- Alexander Salazar (* 1949), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop emeritus in Los Angeles
- Franklin Ramon Chang-Diaz (* 1950), astronaut
- Humberto Brenes (* 1951), poker player
- Samuel I. Stupp (* 1951), chemist, materials scientist and biotechnologist
- Giannina Facio (* 1955), film actress and film producer
- Alejandro Cardona (* 1959), composer
- Laura Chinchilla (* 1959), President of Costa Rica
- Vernor Muñoz (* 1961), lawyer, educator and philosopher
- Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez (* 1973), auxiliary bishop in San José de Costa Rica
- Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz (* 1974), politician
- Rolando Fonseca (* 1974), football player
- Luis Marín (* 1974), football player
- Anastasia Acosta (* 1975), actress and model
- Harold Wallace (born 1975), football player
- Douglas Sequeira (born 1977), football player
- William Sunsing (born 1977), football player
- Pablo Chinchilla-Vega (* 1978), football player
- Carlos Alvarado Quesada (* 1980), politician and author
- Leonardo González (* 1980), football player
- Michael Umaña (* 1982), football player
- Júnior Díaz (born 1983), football player
- Randall Azofeifa (* 1984), football player
- Gabriel Badilla (1984-2016), football player
- Cristian Bolaños (* 1984), football player
- Shirley Cruz Traña (* 1985), national soccer player
- Bryan Ruiz (born 1985), football player
- Andrey Amador (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Allegra Pacheco (* 1986), artist, photographer
- Alejandro Ramírez (* 1988), chess grandmaster
- Diego Madrigal (* 1989), football player
- Bryan Oviedo (born 1990), football player
Others
- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has its seat in San José .
- The UCR is the only university in Central America with international standards (Nivél de Educación), and it maintains excellent contacts and exchange programs with German universities.
- San José is home to the largest car dealership in Latin America, Ciudad Toyota from Purdy Motor .
Town twinning
- Taipei , Republic of China
- Managua , Nicaragua
- Miami-Dade County , United States
- San Jose , United States
- Kfar Saba , Israel
- Okayama , Japan
- Guadalajara , Mexico
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for San Jose
Source: WMO
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literature
- Ben Box (Eds.): Mexico & Central American Handbook , 4th Ed. Bath, England (Trade & Travel Publication Limited) 1993, pp. 662-677. ISBN 0-8442-9977-4