San Juan

San Juan is a locality in , and has an elevation of 1,171 metres. San Juan is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá and Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , with a seating capacity of 23,112, making it the second-largest stadium in the country.

Museum
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The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture complex in . Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.

Theater building
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The is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of . Construction began in 1897, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San José and San Pedro de Montes de Oca.

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is the capital and largest city of . The undisputed cultural and economic center of Costa Rica's central valley, where most of the population lives, is also the most important transportation hub for domestic travel even though the international airport is in .

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is a city in the of east of the capital, . It is the main city in the canton of Montes de Oca, and is best known as the location of the University of Costa Rica, the largest public university in the country.

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The region of the of Costa Rica offers much for the visitor in downtown , and in many of the towns around , particularly in the north mountains, like Barva, San Rafael, San Isidro, where there are many coffee plantations and fresh air year round.

San Juan

Latitude
9.9634° or 9° 57′ 48″ north
Longitude
-84.076° or 84° 4′ 34″ west
Population
21,700
Elevation
1,171 metres (3,842 feet)
Open location code
66XQXW7F+9J
Geo­Names ID
11239304
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