Alajuela Province

Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering to the north. It also borders the provinces of to the east, San José to the south, to the southwest and to the west.
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Alajuela Province

Latitude
10.5° or 10° 30′ north
Longitude
-84.5° or 84° 30′ west
Population
886,000
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
762QGG22+22
Geo­Names ID
3624953
Wiki­data ID
Q502188
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Alajuela Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الأخويلا
  • Armenian: Ալախուելա
  • Asturian: Alajuela
  • Asturian: provincia d’Alajuela
  • Basque: Alajuela probintzia
  • Basque: Alajuela
  • Bavarian: Provinz Alajuela
  • Belarusian: Алахуэла
  • Belarusian: Аляхуэля
  • Bengali: আলাজুয়েলা প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Алахуела
  • Catalan: província d’Alajuela
  • Catalan: Província d’Alajuela
  • Cebuano: Provincia de Alajuela
  • Chinese: Alajuela Séng
  • Chinese: 阿拉胡埃拉省
  • Chinese: 阿拉辉拉
  • Chinese: 阿拉辉拉省
  • Croatian: Alajuela, provincija
  • Croatian: Alajuela
  • Czech: Alajuela
  • Danish: Alajuela
  • Dutch: Alajuela
  • Dutch: Provincie Alajuela
  • Esperanto: Provinco Alajuela
  • Finnish: Alajuelan maakunta
  • French: Alajuela
  • Galician: Provincia de Alajuela
  • Georgian: ალახუელის პროვინცია
  • German: Alajuela
  • German: Provinz Alajuela
  • Greek: Επαρχία Αλαχουέλα
  • Gujarati: અલાજુએલા પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: אלחואלה
  • Hindi: अलाउएला प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Alajuela
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Alajuela
  • Italian: provincia di Alajuela
  • Italian: Provincia di Alajuela
  • Japanese: アラフエラ州
  • Kannada: ಅಲಾಜುವೆಲಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 알라후엘라주
  • Kotava: CostarikaAlajuelaWinka
  • Ladino: Alajuela
  • Latvian: Alahvelas province
  • Lithuanian: Alachuelos provincija
  • Malay: Alajuela Province
  • Malay: Wilayah Alajuela
  • Marathi: अलाजुएला प्रांत
  • Marathi: अलाहुएला प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alajuela Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Alajuela
  • Northern Sami: Alajuela
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alajuela
  • Norwegian: Alajuela
  • Persian: استان آلاخوئلا
  • Persian: استان الاهوئلا
  • Polish: Alajuela
  • Portuguese: Alajuela
  • Portuguese: Província de Alajuela
  • Quechua: Alajuela pruwinsya
  • Quechua: Alajuela suyu
  • Romanian: Provincia Alajuela
  • Russian: Алахуэла
  • Serbian: Alahuela
  • Serbian: Алахуела
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alajuela
  • Sindhi: الاخويلا
  • Sinhala: අලජුඑලා පළාත
  • Slovenian: Alajuela
  • Slovenian: Provinca Alajuela
  • Spanish: Alajuela
  • Spanish: Provincia de Alajuela
  • Swedish: Alajuela
  • Tamil: லாஜுஎலா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: అలాజుయెలా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: అలాజుయెలా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดอาลาฮูเอลา
  • Turkish: Alajuela Province
  • Turkish: Alajuela
  • Ukrainian: Алахуела
  • Urdu: الاخویلا صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Alajuela
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Alajuela
  • Waray (Philippines): Alajuela
  • Welsh: Talaith Alajuela
  • Western Armenian: Ալախուէլա
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ الاجولا
  • Wu Chinese: 阿拉胡埃拉省
  • Alajuela

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