San José (Costa Rica)

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San Jose
Coordinates: 9 ° 55 '  N , 84 ° 5'  W
Map: Province of San José
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San José on the map of San José province
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Location of San José in Costa Rica
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
Blason de San José (Costa Rica) .svg
Bandera de San José (Costa Rica) .svg
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 )
Website http://www.msj.go.cr
Court of Justice in San José
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

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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

Teatro Nacional
National Monument of Costa Rica ( Monumento Nacional de Costa Rica ) by Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse .
National Library of Costa Rica (Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano") in San José, Costa Rica, February 1989.

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

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

Climate table

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Climate diagram
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222
 
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283
 
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208
 
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252
 
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325
 
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326
 
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139
 
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40
 
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: WMO
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for San Jose
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 23.4 23.9 25.1 25.7 26.1 25.7 24.9 25.2 25.8 25.4 24.2 23.4 O 24.9
Min. Temperature (° C) 15.4 15.3 15.8 16.4 17.0 16.9 16.3 16.7 16.5 16.4 16.3 15.8 O 16.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 9.1 5.4 12.0 43.8 222.0 282.6 208.1 252.2 325.0 326.0 139.1 40.3 Σ 1,865.6
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15.8
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16.4
26.1
17.0
25.7
16.9
24.9
16.3
25.2
16.7
25.8
16.5
25.4
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Source: WMO

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

Web links

Commons : San José  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.nacion.com/Generales/Subsitios/Economia/2012/Censo2012/Censo.aspx (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Rankings. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .