Heredia

Heredia is a canton in the province of . The head city is in Heredia district, and is also the provincial capital of Heredia Province.
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 124,000 residents
  • Description: canton in Heredia province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Canton Central”, “Cantón Heredia”, and “Heredia Canton

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium and Tobías Bolaños International Airport.

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.

Aerodrome
is one of four international airports in , and the secondary airport serving the city of , after .

Theme park
El Dr. Roberto Ortiz Brenes, is an amusement park located in . The park's motto is "healthy children help sick children".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heredia and Uruca.

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.

Village
is the seventh district of the San José canton, in the province of . It is an important industrial and commercial area of . is situated 5 km southeast of Heredia.

Town
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 3½ km north of Heredia.

Heredia

Latitude
9.9866° or 9° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
-84.1315° or 84° 7′ 53″ west
Population
124,000
Elevation
1,114 metres (3,655 feet)
Open location code
66XQXVP9+J9
Geo­Names ID
3623485
Wiki­data ID
Q2610288
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Heredia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إيريذيا
  • Arabic: ايريذيا
  • Asturian: cantón d’Heredia
  • Asturian: Heredia
  • Basque: Heredia kantonamendua
  • Belarusian: Эрэдыя
  • Catalan: cantó d’Heredia
  • Cebuano: Cantón Central de Heredia
  • Chinese: Heredia Kūn
  • Chinese: 埃雷迪亞縣
  • Dutch: Heredia
  • French: Heredia
  • Italian: cantone di Heredia
  • Italian: Cantone di Heredia
  • Japanese: エレディア
  • Min Nan Chinese: Heredia Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Heredia
  • Norwegian: Heredia
  • Polish: Cantón de Heredia
  • Russian: Эредия
  • Spanish: Cantón de Heredia
  • Spanish: Heredia
  • Swedish: Cantón Central de Heredia
  • Ukrainian: Ередія
  • Vietnamese: Heredia

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Heredia”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.