Flores
Flores is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The head city is in San Joaquín district. Flores has an elevation of 1,040 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: canton of Costa Rica with 20,000 residents
- Description: canton in Heredia province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Flores Canton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium and San José Costa Rica Temple.
Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium
Photo: Alofaga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero was a multi-purpose stadium in Heredia, Costa Rica. The stadium held 8,700 people and opened in 1949. It was mostly used for football matches and was the home stadium of Herediano. Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium is situated 3½ km east of Flores.
San José Costa Rica Temple
Church
The San José Costa Rica Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belén, Costa Rica. The intent to build the temple was announced on March 17, 1999, by the church's First Presidency. San José Costa Rica Temple is situated 4 km southwest of Flores.
Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol
Church
Photo: Tillor87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol, is a church in Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica. 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. Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol is situated 4 km northeast of Flores.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heredia and Alajuela.
Heredia
Photo: Rquesada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Heredia region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica offers much for the visitor in downtown Heredia, and in many of the towns around Heredia, particularly in the north mountains, like Barva, San Rafael, San Isidro, where there are many coffee plantations and fresh air year round.
Alajuela
Photo: Bernal Saborio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alajuela is a city in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, near San José. It is not to be confused with Alajuela Province, which extends north from the city of Alajuela to North Costa Rica.
Santa Bárbara de Heredia
Town
Photo: Victor Quirós A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Bárbara is one of the six districts that make up the canton of Santa Bárbara, Costa Rica. The district of Santa Bárbara is commonly referred to as Santa Bárbara de Heredia, and is the seat of the municipality of Santa Bárbara, and therefore awarded the title of city. Santa Bárbara de Heredia is situated 3½ km north of Flores.
Flores
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Flores” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فلوريس”
- Asturian: “cantón de Flores”
- Asturian: “Flores”
- Cebuano: “Cantón de Flores”
- Chinese: “Flores Kūn”
- Chinese: “弗洛雷斯縣”
- Dutch: “Flores”
- French: “Flores”
- Italian: “cantone di Flores”
- Italian: “Cantone di Flores”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Flores Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Flores”
- Norwegian: “Flores”
- Russian: “Флорес”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Flores”
- Spanish: “Flores”
- Swedish: “Cantón de Flores”
- Vietnamese: “Flores”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Flores”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.