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Known locally as the City of Mangos, . Alajuela was founded in 1782 when nearby villages were combined to form La Juela, which later became Alajuela.

Nestled beneath towering Irazu Volcano, just half an hour southeast of San Jose, Cartago is the country’s oldest city.

The name Guanacaste is derived from the indigenous word quahnacaztlan, a native tree of the same name, also called the “ear pod tree”, which is the national tree of Costa Rica today.

The city of Heredia emerged around a parish donation at the beginning of the XVIII century with the name Cubujuqui. In 1763, the city was given the official name of Heredia Village.

The Caribbean Coast of Limon is a colorful patch in the quilt of Costa Rica. Its unique culture is due largely to a heavy Jamaican influence, resident indigenous people and the agricultural cultivation encouraged by the United Fruit Company and foreign interests

Situated at the end of a sandy, palm tree-lined spit in the Gulf of Nicoya, Puntarenas still pulses with an authentic maritime vibe left over from its days as a swank port city delivering coffee and tropical fruits to far off cities in Europe.

The Central Valley was the main destination for European settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was there that they started to grow coffee and build communities with the wealth it generated.