SAN JOSE, the capital of the republic of Costa Rica, in Central America, on the river Cartago, 248 miles W. by N. of Panama; N. Lat. 9. 46., W. Long. 84. It is quite a modern town, and though the seat of the government, legislature, and law courts, and containing a cathedral and episcopal palace, has few remarkable buildings. There is here a large tobacco factory; and an active trade is carried on. Pop. 30,000.