San Juan de Santa Bárbara
San Juan is a district of the Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The district consists of two major neighborhoods: San Juan Arriba, and San Juan Abajo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 7,660 residents
- Description: district in Santa Bárbara canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “San Juan”, “San Juan de Santa Barbara”, and “San Juan District, Santa Bárbara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol.
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 east of San Juan de Santa Bárbara.
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.
San Juan de Santa Bárbara
- Category: district of Costa Rica
- Location: Santa Bárbara, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“San Juan de Santa Bárbara” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de San Juan”
- Asturian: “San Juan”
- Bengali: “সান হুয়ান”
- Dutch: “San Juan”
- French: “San Juan de Santa Bárbara”
- Italian: “San Juan”
- Spanish: “San Juan de Santa Bárbara”
- Spanish: “San Juan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Juan Abajo and San Juan Arriba.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cementerio San Rafael and Universidad Estatal a Distancia.
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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 “San Juan de Santa Bárbara”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.