page_title: San José, Costa Rica
section_title: Main City Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: San José, Costa Rica / Main City Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: The photography shows a view of the increasing vertical development of the skyline of the city of San José, Costa Rica. Español: La fotografía muestra una vista del creciente desarrollo vertical del perfil de la ciudad de San José, Costa Rica.
context_page_description: San José is the capital of Costa Rica, head of San José Province, and the nation's largest city. It is named in honor of Saint Joseph. It is in the center of the Gran Area Metropolitana of the Central Valley. San José is the center of political and economic activity and the main transportation center of Costa Rica.
  The population of the city is 288,054, but the metropolitan area of San José has a third of Costa Rica's population.
  Few people live in the city center but it is still the most important working area of the entire country. More than a million people come to work in San José daily from the surrounding areas. Despite its problems, according to studies in Latin America, San José is still one of the safest and least violent cities in the region. In 2006 the city was appointed Ibero-American Capital of Culture. San José is also the sixth most important destination in Latin America, according to The MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2012. In the global ranking, San Jose obtained the 15th position among the world’s top 20 fastest growing destination cities by visitor cross-border spending.
context_section_description: It can be said that San José is Costa Rica's cultural center, having all the main theaters, museums, parks, and historic buildings.
caption: San José skyline with mountains in the background.
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