Costa Rica - Central Valley

Costa Rica - Central Valley: "Costa Rica Central Valley Region

San Jose: The Capital of Costa Rica

The Central Valley region of Costa Rica covers more than a fifth of the country as whole (stretching over eleven thousand, three hundred and sixty six kilometers) and houses almost three quarters of the country's entire population, playing host not only to the provinces of Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia and San Jose, but the latter's capital city, also called San Jose, which is the capital of the whole nation. The Central Valley is generally considered to extend from the Alajuela city of San Ramon in the west to the Cartago city of Paraiso in the east."