Mercedes District, Montes de Oca

The Distance State University (Universidad Estatal a Distancia) (UNED), is one of five public universities in the Republic of Costa Rica. It is in Sabanilla, Montes de Oca. UNED is the second university in number of students, and it is the largest coverage in the country. It has its own publishing house that produces textbooks that cover most of the needs of the university, as essayistic works, research, etc. This institution was created in 1977. Its first president was Don Francisco Antonio Pacheco Fernandez.The university has programs classified into four categories: Science education (Bachelor of Special Education, Bachelor of Educational Administration) Management sciences (Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis on Banking and Finance) Social sciences and humanities (Bachelor of Criminological Sciences) Natural sciences (Agricultural Engineering; Bachelor of Protection and Natural Resource Management)It also offers graduate programs for master's and doctorate.

Guadalupe is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is the head city of the Goicoechea Canton, and now fully incorporated in the Metropolitan Area of San Jose.

The Calle de la Amargura ("Bitterness Street") is a four-block-long street located in San Pedro district, Montes de Oca canton, and is one of the best-known zones near San José city. La Calle, as it is often called, is very close to the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and other important higher education centers.

San Pedro is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Escuela Japonesa de San José (サンホセ日本人学校, Sanhose Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in San Vicente, Moravia, San José Province, Costa Rica, in the Greater Metropolitan Area. It is affiliated with the Japanese Embassy in Costa Rica (Japanese: コスタリカ日本国大使館; Spanish: Embajada del Japón en Costa Rica). It is located in Residencial Los Colegios.In 2003 it had a total of 26 students. The school has a longer school day than schools in the United States and Costa Rica.

Sabanilla is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Calle Blancos is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

The Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica (Spanish: Mezquita de Omar y el Centro Cultural Musulmán de Costa Rica) is a mosque in San José, Costa Rica.

San Vicente is a district of the Moravia canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Atlántico railway station (Spanish: Estación del Ferrocarril al Atlántico) is a railway station and historic building located in San José, Costa Rica, declared as Architectural Patrimony of Costa Rica by decree 11664-C of 29 July 1980. Built in 1908 and open until 1996, it was the main railway station between San José and Limón, where the main freight port is located. The emblematic building combines victorian, neoclassical, and baroque architectures, with some modernist details. In 2011, a restoration effort by the Ministry of Culture and Youth took place to reopen the station as a railway station for the urban train between the cantons of San José, Alajuela, Cartago, and Heredia.

Carmen is the first distrito of San José Canton in Costa Rica, and one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown (casco central). This district is not heavily populated although it is a busy downtown area in daytime.

San Francisco is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.