Alajuela Province (Costa Rica)

Provincia de Alajuela

Last modified: 2024-07-13 by rob raeside
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• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Costa Rica
• Clickable Map of Costa Rica
• Costa Rica - Subdivisions

Cantons:

• Alajuela (Central)
• Alfaro Ruiz (renamed Zarcero)
• Atenas
• Grecia
• Guatuso
• Los Chiles
• Naranjo
• Orotina
• Palmares
• Poas
• Rio Cuarto
• San Carlos
• San Mateo
• San Ramón
• Sarchi (formerly Valverde Vega)
• Upala
• Valverde Vega (Sarchi)
• Zarcero (formerly Alfaro Ruiz)

Political parties:

• Partido Acción Democratica Alajuelense
• Partido Acción Laboralista Agrícola
• Partido Cambio Ya
• Partido Social Demócrata
• Partido Unión Palmareña

Coat of Arms

Two versions

1) image contributed by Fred Drews, 21 November 1999

2) image from www.odd.ucr.ac.cr, located by Dov Gutterman, 27 October 2004

A Phrygian cap (symbol of republicanism), torch (symbol of freedom), capped by a mural crown, wreath of corn.
Rob Raeside, 21 November 2000