Costa Rica
Heredia Province
Barva

Barva

Barva is a district of the canton, in the province of . The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape.
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  • Type: Town with 6,000 residents
  • Description: district in Barva canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Barba” and “Barva de Barva”
  • Postal code: 40201

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol and Museo de Cultura Popular.

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.

Museum
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is a museum in the district of Santa Lucía, just south of Barva, . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heredia and Santa Bárbara de Heredia.

Photo: Rquesada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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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Santa Bárbara is one of the six districts that make up the canton of , . The district of Santa Bárbara is commonly referred to as , and is the seat of the municipality of Santa Bárbara, and therefore awarded the title of city. is situated 4 km northwest of Barva.

Village
Photo: Victor Quirós A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San José de la Montaña is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 4½ km north of Barva.

Barva

Latitude
10.01961° or 10° 1′ 11″ north
Longitude
-84.12573° or 84° 7′ 33″ west
Population
6,000
Elevation
1,181 metres (3,875 feet)
Open location code
762Q2V9F+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 276618404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3624733
Wiki­data ID
Q2414905
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Barva” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Barva”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Barva”
  • Chinese: “巴爾瓦區”
  • Danish: “Barva”
  • Dutch: “Barva”
  • French: “Barva”
  • German: “Barva”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χοσέ δε λα Μοντάνια δε Μπάρβα”
  • Hebrew: “ברבה”
  • Italian: “Barva”
  • Kotava: “Barva”
  • Lithuanian: “Barva”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barva”
  • Norwegian: “Barva”
  • Polish: “Barva (Kostaryka)”
  • Polish: “Barva”
  • Spanish: “Barva de Barva”
  • Spanish: “Barva”
  • Swedish: “Barva”

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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 “Barva”. Photo: Tillor87, CC BY-SA 3.0.