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ALAJUELA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALAJUELA , the See also:

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

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