Alajuela
Alajuela is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Its head city is the provincial capital city of Alajuela.Photo: Roferbia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: canton of Costa Rica with 255,000 residents
- Description: canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Alajuela Canton”, “Cantón Alajuela”, and “Canton Central”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto and Juan Santamaría International Airport.
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Stadium
Photo: JuanJoséLP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto is a football stadium in El Llano neighborhood of Alajuela, Costa Rica, which is the home of Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, one of the most successful football clubs from Costa Rica.
Juan Santamaría International Airport
Aerodrome
Juan Santamaría International Airport is the primary international airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in Alajuela Province, 20 kilometres northwest of downtown San José. Juan Santamaría International Airport is situated 4 km south of Alajuela.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alajuela and Aguacate Mountains Biological Corridor.
Alajuela
Photo: Bernal Saborio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alajuela is a city in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, near San José. It is not to be confused with Alajuela Province, which extends north from the city of Alajuela to North Costa Rica.
Aguacate Mountains Biological Corridor
Photo: BrunoBosque, CC0.
The Aguacate Mountains Biological Corridor is an important conservation area in the central part of the Aguacate Mountains in central Costa Rica. Administered by SINAC, it plays a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, connecting various protected areas and facilitating the movement of flora and fauna across a landscape that has been impacted by human development.
San Pedro de Santa Bárbara
Village
Photo: Mvblair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Pedro, is one of the six districts of the Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. It is located 2.5 kilometers west of Santa Bárbara and is officially a part of the province of Heredia. San Pedro de Santa Bárbara is situated 4½ km east of Alajuela.
Alajuela
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Alajuela” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأخويلا”
- Armenian: “Ալախուելա”
- Asturian: “Alajuela”
- Asturian: “cantón d’Alajuela”
- Basque: “Alajuela kantonamendua”
- Catalan: “Cantó d’Alajuela”
- Cebuano: “Cantón Central de Alajuela”
- Chinese: “Alajuela Kūn”
- Chinese: “阿拉胡埃拉縣”
- Dutch: “Alajuela”
- French: “Alajuela”
- Georgian: “ალახუელა (კანტონი)”
- Georgian: “ალახუელა”
- German: “Alajuela”
- Italian: “cantone di Alajuela”
- Italian: “Cantone di Alajuela”
- Japanese: “アラフエラ”
- Low German: “Alajuela”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alajuela Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alajuela”
- Norwegian: “Alajuela”
- Persian: “آلاخوئلا”
- Portuguese: “Alajuela”
- Romanian: “Alajuela”
- Russian: “Алахуэла”
- Slovenian: “Alajuela”
- Spanish: “Alajuela”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Alajuela”
- Swedish: “Alajuela”
- Swedish: “Cantón Central de Alajuela”
- Vietnamese: “Alajuela”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alajuela”
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Notable Places Nearby
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