Costa Rica
Heredia Province
San Rafael

San Rafael District, San Rafael

San Rafael is a district of the canton, in the province of . San Rafael District, San Rafael has about 42,000 residents and an elevation of 1,303 metres.
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  • Type: Town with 42,000 residents
  • Description: district in San Rafael canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “San Rafael” and “San Rafael de San Rafael”
  • Postal code: 40501

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo de Cultura Popular and Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium.

Museum
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is a museum in the district of Santa Lucía, just south of , . It is located in the former home of ex-president Alfredo González Flores.

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Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero was a multi-purpose in , . The stadium held 8,700 people and opened in 1949. It was mostly used for football matches and was the home stadium of Herediano. is situated 3 km southwest of San Rafael District, San Rafael.

Church
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The , is a church in , , . The first church was established between 1568 and 1575, and dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; it is rumored to have been built on an indigenous burial ground. is situated 2½ km west of San Rafael District, San Rafael.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heredia and Barva.

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region of the offers much for the visitor in downtown , and in many of the towns around , particularly in the north mountains, like Barva, San Rafael, San Isidro, where there are many coffee plantations and fresh air year round.

Town
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is a district of the canton, in the province of . The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape. is situated 2½ km west of San Rafael District, San Rafael.

Village
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San José de la Montaña is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 5 km north of San Rafael District, San Rafael.

San Rafael District, San Rafael

Latitude
10.01404° or 10° 0′ 51″ north
Longitude
-84.1016° or 84° 6′ 6″ west
Population
42,000
Elevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)
Open location code
762Q2V7X+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267631658
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3621683
Wiki­data ID
Q3947875
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“San Rafael District, San Rafael” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “San Rafael”
  • Albanian: “San Rafael”
  • Aragonese: “San Rafael”
  • Asturian: “distritu de San Rafael”
  • Asturian: “San Rafael”
  • Basque: “San Rafael”
  • Bavarian: “San Rafael”
  • Bosnian: “San Rafael”
  • Breton: “San Rafael”
  • Catalan: “San Rafael”
  • Cebuano: “San Rafael”
  • Cornish: “San Rafael”
  • Corsican: “San Rafael”
  • Croatian: “San Rafael”
  • Czech: “San Rafael”
  • Danish: “San Rafael”
  • Dutch: “San Rafael”
  • Esperanto: “San Rafael”
  • Estonian: “San Rafael”
  • Faroese: “San Rafael”
  • Finnish: “San Rafael”
  • French: “San Rafael”
  • Galician: “San Rafael”
  • German: “San Rafael”
  • Hungarian: “San Rafael”
  • Icelandic: “San Rafael”
  • Indonesian: “San Rafael”
  • Irish: “San Rafael”
  • Italian: “San Rafael”
  • Kotava: “San Rafael (Costarika)”
  • Kotava: “San Rafael”
  • Latvian: “San Rafael”
  • Lithuanian: “San Rafael”
  • Luxembourgish: “San Rafael”
  • Maltese: “San Rafael”
  • Manx: “San Rafael”
  • Narom: “San Rafael”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Rafael”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Rafael”
  • Norwegian: “San Rafael”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “San Rafael”
  • Piemontese: “San Rafael”
  • Polish: “San Rafael”
  • Portuguese: “San Rafael”
  • Romanian: “San Rafael”
  • Romansh: “San Rafael”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “San Rafael”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Rafael”
  • Slovak: “San Rafael”
  • Slovenian: “San Rafael”
  • Spanish: “San Rafael de San Rafael”
  • Spanish: “San Rafael”
  • Swedish: “San Rafael, Heredia”
  • Swedish: “San Rafael”
  • Tahitian: “San Rafael”
  • Turkish: “San Rafael”
  • Walloon: “San Rafael”
  • Welsh: “San Rafael”
  • Zulu: “San Rafael”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ministerio de Salud - Área Rectora de Salud San Rafael - Barva and Supervisión Escolar Circuito 04 - Heredia.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Rafael District, San Rafael”. Photo: Victor Quirós A, CC BY-SA 3.0.