Once again, I am having a problem with how I title these writeups.
Montes de Oca is a canton in San Jose province in Costa Rica. San Jose province, San Jose canton, and San Jose "city" are all separate things. Montes de Oca is a "suburban area" of the "city" of San Jose. Administratively, it is a canton, meaning it has its own city government. It is about a kilometer from what is considered the heart of San Jose, the Costa Rica National Park and surrounding buildings. Montes de Oca starts close to the city, and is shaped like a long thin wedge, with one end pointed at the heart of San Jose, and the canton expanding into increasingly more suburban and rural areas up to the flanks of the Irazu Volcano.
Montes de Oca is generally affluent. The main campuses of The University of Costa Rica and University Latina are located in Montes de Oca. So are the embassies of several countries, including Colombia, Chile and Italy. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is
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