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Atlántico railway station (Spanish: Estación del Ferrocarril al Atlántico) is a railway station and historic building located in San José, Costa Rica, declared as Architectural Patrimony of Costa Rica by decree 11664-C of 29 July 1980.
San Francisco de Dos Ríos has an area of 2.64 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 1,168 metres. [1]It lies on the south-east of the canton, between Curridabat and Desamparados cantons (bordering them to the east and to the south respectively) and between the districts of San Sebastián and Zapote (bordering them also to the west and to the north respectively).
The American International School of Costa Rica is an American international school in Cariari, La Asunción District, Belén, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. [1] Serving grade levels preschool through 12, the school as of 2015 has 220 students. It was established in 1970. [2]
Atenas has an area of 9.76 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 698 metres. [1] It is located on the western edge of the Central Valley (Valle Central), 25 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, 20 kilometers from Juan Santamaria International Airport, and 35 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.
Municipalities are the second-level administration in Costa Rica after the central government. Each one of the 82 cantons of Costa Rica has a Municipality or Municipal Government constituted by a mayor and a proportional number of members of the Municipal Council. Districts of each of the cantons also have their local authorities and ...
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Costa Rica is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Costa Rica, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Costa Rica and the Pope.
Alajuela (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province of Costa Rica.It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north. It also borders the provinces of Heredia to the east, San José to the south, Puntarenas to the southwest and Guanacaste to the west.
On October 20, 1860, the Dirección General de Obras Públicas (Public Works General Directorate) was created.. On May 8, 1948, after the civil war, the transitional government created the agency as the Ministry of Public Works, then on August 5, 1963 it is renamed as Ministry of Transport, and on July 5, 1971 gets its final name as Ministry of Public Works and Transport.