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Alajuela is built at the southern base of the volcano of Poas (8895 ft.) and overlooks the fertile plateau of San Jose.
Alajuela is the centre of the Costa Rican sugar trade, and an important market for coffee.
The province of Alajuela includes the territory of the Guatusos Indians, along the northern frontier; the towns of Atenas, Grecia, Naranjo and San Ramon (all with less than 5000 inhabitants), and the gold-mines of Aguacate, a little north of Atenas.
Alajuela is famous as the home of the Costa Rican national hero Juan Santamaría.
Santamaría (nicknamed erizo or hedgehog) is the most well-known Costa Rican soldier during the Campaign of 1856-1857 when Costa Rica defeated the army of the American slaver William Walker.
Alajuela is the home of the national soccer champion team Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.
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