San José Province

San José is a province of . It is located in the central part of the country, and borders the provinces of , , , and .
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  • Type: province of Costa Rica with 1,640,000 residents
  • Description: province of Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Provincia de San Jose” and “San José

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marcos and San Pablo District, León Cortés Castro.

Town
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is a district and the head city of the canton of in the province of San José in .

Town
San Pablo is a district of the León Cortés Castro canton, in the San José province of . is situated 5 km northwest of San José Province.

San José Province

Latitude
9.6667° or 9° 40′ north
Longitude
-84° or 84° west
Population
1,640,000
Elevation
1,654 metres (5,427 feet)
Open location code
66XRM282+M2
Geo­Names ID
3621837
Wiki­data ID
Q647808
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“San José Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سان خوسيه
  • Arabic: محافظة سان خوسيه
  • Armenian: Սան Խոսե
  • Asturian: provincia de San José
  • Asturian: provincia de San Xosé
  • Asturian: San José
  • Asturian: San Xosé
  • Azerbaijani: San-Xose vilayəti
  • Basque: San José probintzia
  • Basque: San José
  • Bavarian: Provinz San José
  • Belarusian: правінцыя Сан-Хасэ
  • Belarusian: Сан-Хасэ, правінцыя
  • Belarusian: Сан-Хасэ
  • Bengali: স্যাান জোসে প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Сан Хосе
  • Catalan: província de San José
  • Catalan: Província de San José
  • Cebuano: Provincia de San José
  • Chinese: San José Séng
  • Chinese: 圣何塞省
  • Chinese: 聖何塞省
  • Chinese: 聖荷西省
  • Croatian: San José, provincija
  • Croatian: San José
  • Czech: San José
  • Danish: San José
  • Dutch: Provincie San Jose
  • Dutch: Provincie San José
  • Dutch: San Jose
  • Dutch: San José
  • Esperanto: Provinco San José
  • Esperanto: Provinco San-Joseo
  • Finnish: San Josén maakunta
  • French: San Jose
  • French: San José
  • Galician: Provincia de San José
  • Georgian: სან-ხოსეს პროვინცია
  • German: CR-SJ
  • German: Provinz San José
  • German: San José
  • Greek: Επαρχία Σαν Χοσέ
  • Gujarati: સેન જોસ પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: סן חוסה
  • Hindi: सैन जोस प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi San José
  • Italian: provincia di San José
  • Italian: Provincia di San José
  • Italian: San José
  • Japanese: サン・ホセ州
  • Japanese: サンホセ州
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜೋಸ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 산호세주
  • Kotava: CostarikaSan JoséWinka
  • Ladino: San José
  • Latvian: Sanhosē province
  • Lithuanian: San Chosė provincija
  • Malay: San Jose Province
  • Marathi: सॅन जोस प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: San José Séng
  • Northern Frisian: San José
  • Northern Sami: San José
  • Norwegian Bokmål: San José
  • Norwegian: San José
  • Persian: استان سن خوزه
  • Polish: San José
  • Portuguese: Província de San José
  • Portuguese: Província de São José
  • Portuguese: San José
  • Portuguese: São José
  • Quechua: San José pruwinsya
  • Russian: Сан-Хосе
  • Scots: San José Province
  • Serbian: San Hose
  • Serbian: Сан Хозе
  • Serbian: Сан Хосе
  • Serbo-Croatian: San José
  • Sinhala: සැන් ජොසේ පළාත
  • Slovak: Provincia San José
  • Spanish: Provincia de San José
  • Spanish: San José
  • Swedish: San Jose
  • Swedish: San José
  • Tamil: சான் ஜோஸ் மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: సాన్ జోస్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: సాన్ జోస్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดซานโฮเซ
  • Turkish: San José
  • Turkish: San soze Province
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Хосе (провінція)
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Хосе
  • Urdu: سان خوزے صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: San José
  • Waray (Philippines): San José
  • Welsh: Talaith San José
  • Western Armenian: Սան Խօսէ
  • Wu Chinese: 圣何塞省 (哥斯达黎加)
  • Wu Chinese: 圣何塞省(哥斯达黎加)
  • San José

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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