Santiago is the capital city of the canton of Puriscal in the province of San José

San José Province

San José is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limón and Puntarenas. The provincial capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km²...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city. The district of Santiago covers an area of 34.58 km², and has a population of 11,697.

The city lies at an elevation of 1,105 meters above sea level in the coastal mountain range, 42 kilometers southwest of the national capital city of San José

San José, Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

 and 77 kilometers north of the city of Parrita

Parrita

Parrita is the name of the ninth canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 478.79 km², and has a population of 14.000 . Its capital city is also called Parrita....

on the Pacific coast.