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licence plates begin with TSJ (Taxi San Jose). Taxi services with official plates from other provinces (TH, TP, etc.) are not permitted to begin their service in San Jose and vice versa. They can, nonetheless, begin their service within their permitted province and finish it elsewhere. Since Santa Ana is located in the
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525:: Begins in the Santa Ana district and continues through Pozos northwards, parallel to Route 147. It runs through Route 27 without any official ramps connecting them. Since Route 310 runs through Pozos, connecting to Escazu, it is still an alternate route to Route 27. It is not recommended unless the previous routes are heavily congested. Route 310 ends in Route 121 in the Escazu canton after once more passing through Route 27 (with connecting ramps) due to its southwards facing U-shape.
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1719:San Antonio
1560:Santa María
1471:La Trinidad
1461:San Vicente
1385:San Ignacio
1319:San Antonio
1152:Salitrillos
1137:San Gabriel
1099:San Lorenzo
1071:San Antonio
1061:Candelarita
978:San Antonio
935:San Antonio
430:2011 census
221:Postal code
116: /
1734:Categories
1714:Santa Cruz
1709:San Isidro
1699:San Andrés
1676:La Amistad
1646:Platanares
1626:El General
1593:Granadilla
1588:Curridabat
1580:Curridabat
1514:Turrubares
1504:San Rafael
1405:Sabanillas
1352:San Rafael
1347:San Isidro
1329:San Felipe
1324:Concepción
1309:Alajuelita
1301:Alajuelita
1210:Goicoechea
1200:Quitirrisí
1104:San Carlos
1094:San Marcos
1056:San Rafael
1051:Grifo Alto
963:San Miguel
940:San Rafael
618:References
490:Puntarenas
249:Costa Rica
188:Population
141:Costa Rica
104:84°10′34″W
1694:San Pablo
1666:Río Nuevo
1641:San Pedro
1527:San Pedro
1522:San Pablo
1494:Sabanilla
1489:San Pedro
1438:León XIII
1400:Cangrejal
1395:Palmichal
1362:Patalillo
1266:Santa Ana
1258:Santa Ana
1218:Guadalupe
1147:Monterrey
1046:Barbacoas
1018:Los Guido
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233:Santa Ana
215:UTC−06:00
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180:Elevation
161:Santa Ana
101:9°55′55″N
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1651:Pejibaye
1603:Tirrases
1537:San Luis
1499:Mercedes
1423:San Juan
1367:Cascajal
1286:Piedades
1271:Salitral
1190:Picagres
1180:Tabarcia
1036:Santiago
1028:Puriscal
877:Catedral
872:Hospital
854:San José
486:San José
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147:Province
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1598:Sánchez
1453:Moravia
1390:Guaitil
1175:Guayabo
1127:Tarbaca
1086:Tarrazú
998:Rosario
988:Patarrá
983:Frailes
907:Hatillo
455:Economy
284:±% p.a.
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1671:Páramo
1565:Jardín
1542:Carara
1443:Colima
1377:Acosta
1291:Brasil
1248:Purral
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1114:Aserrí
1076:Chires
930:Escazú
922:Escazú
882:Zapote
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1570:Copey
1415:Tibás
1281:Uruca
1276:Pozos
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1170:Colón
1142:Legua
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