Central Valley
Costa Rica's Central Valley is the most populated region of the country; the capital city, San José, is there and so is the Juan Santamaría airport. The Central Valley includes charming small towns, towering volcanoes, and dense jungle landscapes like the huge Braulio Carrillo National Park.Photo: The LEAF Project, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Popular Destinations
Alajuela
Photo: Bernal Saborio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alajuela is a city in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, near San José.
Cartago
Cartago is a city in Costa Rica's Central Valley. It used to be the national capital before that…
Destinations
Heredia
Photo: Rquesada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heredia region of the Central Valley offers much for the visitor in downtown Heredia, and in many…
Atenas
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Atenas is a district of the Atenas canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.
San Ramon
San Ramón is a city in the Central Valley and also one of Costa Rica's agricultural centers.
Braulio Carrillo National Park
Photo: Sjohnson301, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Braulio Carrillo National Park is a national park in Heredia Province, Cartago Province, Limón Province and San José Province, in central Costa Rica.
Santa Elena
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Elena is a village in Costa Rica on the border between the provinces of Puntarenas and Alajuela.
Los Quetzales National Park
Los Quetzales National Park is a mountainous rainforest southeast of San José, the capital of of Costa Rica.
Central Valley
- Type: valley
- Description: plateau and a geographic region of central Costa Rica
- Location: Costa Rica, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
9.8667° or 9° 52' northLongitude of centre
-84.2167° or 84° 13' westWikidata ID
Q1879771Central Valley Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Catalan: Vall Central
- Czech: Centrální údolí (Kostarika)
- Czech: Centrální údolí
- Dutch: Valle Central
- English: Costa Rican Central Valley
- Esperanto: Kostarika Centra Valo
- French: Vallée Centrale
- French: vallée Centrale
- Hebrew: העמק המרכזי של קוסטה ריקה
- Italian: Valle Centrale
- Italian: Valle centrale della Costa Rica
- Japanese: コスタリカ中央渓谷
- Lithuanian: Kosta Rikos centrinis slėnis
- Norwegian: Valle Central
- Norwegian Bokmål: Valle Central
- Polish: Valle Central
- Slovenian: Osrednje podolje
- Spanish: Valle Central
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Central Valley. Photo: The LEAF Project, CC BY-SA 2.0.