ALAJUELA  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Alajuela, in See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

Costa Rica, Central See also:

• AMERICA

America, on the transcontinental railway, 15 M . W. of See also:

• SAN

San Jose . Pop . (1904) 4860 . Alajuela is built at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BASE

base of the See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano of Poas (8895 ft.) and overlooks the fertile See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of San Jose . Its central square, adorned with a handsome See also:

• BRONZE

bronze See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain, contains the municipal buildings, and a large but unattractive See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral . The See also:

• TOWN

town covers a considerable See also:

• AREA

area; the detached See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white houses of its suburbs are surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs . Alajuela is the centre of the Costa Rican See also:

• SUGAR

sugar See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and an important See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee . Its products are exported from See also:

• PUNTARENAS, or PUNTA ARENAS

Puntarenas, on the Pacific Ocean, 32 M . W . The province of Alajuela includes the territory of the See also:

• GUATUSOS

Guatusos See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, along the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontier; the towns of Atenas, Grecia, Naranjo and San Ramon (all with less than 5000 inhabitants), and the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-mines of Aguacate, a little See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Atenas .