Belén
Belén is the seventh canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The head city is in San Antonio district. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area, where the housing area constitutes at least 25% of the canton's surface.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: canton of Costa Rica with 21,600 residents
- Description: canton in Heredia province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Belen” and “Belén Canton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San José Costa Rica Temple and Tobías Bolaños International Airport.
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.
Tobías Bolaños International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tobías Bolaños International Airport is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. Tobías Bolaños International Airport is situated 4 km southeast of Belén.
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.
San Pedro de Santa Bárbara
Village
Photo: Mvblair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Pedro, is one of the six districts of the Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. It is located 2.5 kilometers west of Santa Bárbara and is officially a part of the province of Heredia. San Pedro de Santa Bárbara is situated 5 km north of Belén.
Belén
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Belén” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيلين”
- Armenian: “Բելեն”
- Asturian: “Belén (Costa Rica)”
- Asturian: “Belén”
- Asturian: “cantón de Belén”
- Cebuano: “Cantón de Belén”
- Chinese: “Belén Kūn”
- Chinese: “貝倫縣”
- Dutch: “Belén”
- French: “Belén”
- Italian: “cantone di Belén”
- Italian: “Cantone di Belén”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Belén Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belén”
- Norwegian: “Belén”
- Russian: “Белен”
- Spanish: “Belén”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Belén”
- Swedish: “Cantón de Belén”
- Vietnamese: “Belén”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Manantial de Belén and La Asunción District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mall Real Cariari and Puente Mulas.
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