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$Title{Table 2.: Principal Cities and Towns, 1973 and 1982}
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Population Percentage
Cities and Towns (in thousands) of Increase
1973 1982 1973-82
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San Jose urban area
San Jose ..................... 215.4 268.8 24.8
Desamparados ................. 30.7 39.5 28.7
Guadalupe .................... 27.0 35.5 31.5
San Pedro .................... 23.7 29.8 25.7
San Juan ..................... 18.7 23.7 26.7
Others ....................... 85.5 216.7 150.5
Total San Jose urban area .. 401.0 614.0 53.1
Cartago ....................... 34.6 48.0 38.7
Alajuela ...................... 34.3 45.0 31.1
Puerto Limon .................. 29.6 39.0 31.8
Puntarenas .................... 26.3 34.8 32.3
Heredia ....................... 22.1 29.2 32.1
Turrialba ..................... 12.2 23.4 91.8
Liberia ....................... 10.8 12.0 11.1
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Source: Based on information from Costa Rica, Direccion General de Estadistica
y Censos, Censos nacionales de 1973: poblacion total, urbana y rural
por provincias, cantones y distritos, San Jose, 1974; and Costa Rica,
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos, Poblacion de la Republica
de Costa Rica por pronvincias, cantones, y distritos, estimacional 1
degree de julio 1982, San Jose, 1982.