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Encyclopedia Britannica



ALAJUELA

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 468 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALAJUELA , the
capital
  of the province of Alajuela, in Costa Rica, Central America, on the transcontinental railway, 15 M. W. of San Jose. Pop. (1904) 4860. Alajuela is built at the southern base of the
volcano
  of Poas (8895 ft.) and overlooks the fertile
plateau
  of San Jose. Its central square, adorned with a handsome bronze fountain, contains the municipal buildings, and a large but unattractive
cathedral
 . The town covers a considerable area; the detached white houses of its suburbs are surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs. Alajuela is the centre of the Costa Rican
sugar
 
trade
 , and an important market for coffee. Its products are exported from Puntarenas, on the Pacific Ocean, 32 M. W. The province of Alajuela includes the territory of the
Guatusos
  Indians, along the northern frontier; the towns of Atenas, Grecia, Naranjo and San Ramon (all with less than 5000 inhabitants), and the gold-mines of Aguacate, a little north of Atenas.


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