San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of

Alajuela Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it i ...

, Heredia,

Limón Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is ho ...

, Cartago and

Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which is made from the Puntarenas, Chacarita and ...

. 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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The province of San José is subdivided into 20 cantons. Canton (Capital): # San José ( San José) # Escazú ( Escazú) # Desamparados ( Desamparados) # Puriscal ( Santiago) # Tarrazú ( San Marcos) # Aserrí ( Aserrí) # Mora (

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) # Vázquez de Coronado ( 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) # Moravia ( San Vicente) # Montes de Oca ( San Pedro) # Turrubares ( San Pablo) #

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( Santa María) # Curridabat ( Curridabat) # 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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