San José
capital of Costa Rica
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Summary
San José is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,248 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: San José Province[4]
- Country: Costa Rica[5]
- Head of government: Diego Miranda Méndez[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], administrative territorial entity[8], largest city[9]
- Official language: Spanish[10]
- Named after: Joseph[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Kfar Saba[12], San Jose[13], Santiago[14], Chimbote[15], Huancayo[16], Juliaca[17], Lima[18], Ahuachapán[19], Guatemala City[20], Quetzaltenango[21], San Pedro Sula[22], Okayama[23], Madrid[24], Santo Domingo[25]
- Postal code: 10101–10111[26]
- Commons category: San José, Costa Rica[27]
- Local dialing code: 506[28]
- Inception: May 21, 1737[29]
- Coordinate location: 9.932738888888888, -84.07961388888889[30]
- Official website: https://www.msj.go.cr/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:San José, Costa Rica[32]
- Population: 288,054[33], 342,188[34], 335,007[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The New Student's Reference Work[40], New International Encyclopedia[41], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[42]
- Capital of: Costa Rica[43], San José Province[44], San José Canton[45]
- Official name: San José[46]
- Category for people born here: Q8071355[47]
- Category for people who died here: Q9219832[48]
- Demonym: Joséfienne[49], Joséfien[50]
Why It Matters
San José has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]