Costa Rica
Heredia Province
Santa Bárbara

Santa Bárbara de Heredia

Santa Bárbara is one of the six districts that make up the canton of , . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 7,000 residents
  • Description: district in Santa Bárbara canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Santa Bárbara”, “Santa Barbara de Heredia”, and “Santa Bárbara de Santa Bárbara”
  • Postal code: 40401

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol.

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 4½ km southeast of Santa Bárbara de Heredia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heredia and Alajuela.

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.

Photo: Bernal Saborio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in the of , near . It is not to be confused with Province, which extends north from the city of to .

Village
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San Pedro, is one of the six districts of the canton, in the province of . It is located 2.5 kilometers west of Santa Bárbara and is officially a part of the province of .

Santa Bárbara de Heredia

Latitude
10.0366° or 10° 2′ 12″ north
Longitude
-84.1596° or 84° 9′ 34″ west
Population
7,000
Elevation
1,149 metres (3,770 feet)
Open location code
762Q2RPR+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 276618407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11239415
Wiki­data ID
Q3948934
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Spanish—“Santa Bárbara de Heredia” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “distritu de Santa Bárbara”
  • Asturian: “Santa Bárbara”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Барбара (Коста-Рыка)”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Dutch: “Santa Bárbara de Heredia”
  • French: “Santa Bárbara de Heredia”
  • Italian: “Santa Bárbara”
  • Kotava: “Santa Bárbara (Costarika)”
  • Kotava: “Santa Bárbara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Bárbara”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Bárbara”
  • Spanish: “Santa Bárbara de Santa Bárbara”
  • Spanish: “Santa Barbara”
  • Spanish: “Santa Bárbara”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Santa Bárbara de Heredia”. Photo: Victor Quirós A, CC BY-SA 3.0.