< Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

ALAJUELA (äl-ä-whā′la), a city of of Costa Rica, Central America, 23 miles W. N. W. of Cartago. The same name is used for a state. Pop. (1917) state, 109,063; city, 6,481.

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