Palmares

Palmares is the capital town of the canton of Palmares inside the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is likewise the call of the distrito that consists of the metropolis. The district of Palmares covers a place of 1.09 km and has a populace of 4,416.

The town lies at an elevation of 1,017 meters above sea level within the Central Valley, 6 kilometers southeast of the metropolis of San Ramón, 38 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital town of Alajuela, and 56 kilometers from the country wide capital metropolis of San Jose. During January the metropolis hosts their 'Fiestas', a big honest prepared by a nearby committee which have grow to be along side Zapote in December, and Liberia in July, one in all the most important fairs inside the county. This fair lasts for 2 weeks, with days of special note: the Tope a big horseback driving parade thru city and the Carnaval it's far said that during in recent times you could locate over 500,000 human beings in Palmares.