sän
hs´) (KEY) , city
(1989 pop. 287,535),
central Costa Rica,
capital and largest
city of Costa Rica.
San José
is the economic,
political, and social
center of Costa Rica,
dominating the Central
Valley and the nearby
towns, Alajuela, Cartago,
and Heredia. During
colonial times, the
main industry of the
region was tobacco raising;
by the mid-19th cent.,
the city had become
the center of a coffee-producing
area.
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