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ALAJUELA , the capital of the province of Alajuela, inSee also: Costa Rica, Central See also: America, on the transcontinental railway, 15 M
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W. of See also: San Jose
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Pop
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(1904) 4860
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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
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Its central square, adorned with a handsome See also: bronze fountain, contains the municipal buildings, and a large but unattractive See also: cathedral
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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
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Alajuela is the centre of the Costa Rican
See also: sugar See also: trade, and an important market for See also: coffee
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Its products are exported from See also: Puntarenas, on the Pacific Ocean, 32 M
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W
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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 gold-mines of Aguacate, a little See also: north of Atenas
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