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Heredia ( Spanish pronunciation: [eˈɾeðja]) is a district in the Heredia canton of Heredia province, Costa Rica. As the seat of the municipality of Heredia canton, it is awarded the status of city, and by virtue of being the city of the first canton, it is the Province Capital of Heredia province as well. [1] [2] It is 10 kilometers to the ...
Heredia Province. / 10.417°N 84.000°W / 10.417; -84.000. Heredia ( Spanish pronunciation: [eˈɾeðja]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is in the north-central part of the country. As a result, the province covers areas as diverse as the agriculture-rich Northern plains to the more metropolitan areas such as the city of Heredia in the ...
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Ángela Ileana Aguilar Vargas, was elected mayor of the canton with 31.58% of the votes, with Víctor Andrés Sánchez González and Kenneth Armando Arguedas Navarro as first and second vice mayors ...
The National University of Costa Rica (in Spanish, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, abbreviated UNA) is one of five public universities in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. The main campus is located in the city of Heredia. According to recent international studies, The National University of Costa Rica ranks 85th in Latin ...
San Isidro (canton) / 10.0298852; -84.0431476. San Isidro, also referred to as San Isidro de Heredia, [2] is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. [3] [4] The head city is in San Isidro district.
Barva has an area of 53.8 km² [5] and an elevation of 1,241 metres. [1] The elongated canton climbs from the city of Barva on the outskirts of the capital city of Heredia up the slopes of the dormant Barva Volcano, with the mountain's summit serving as its northern boundary. The mountainous region of the canton, where the lagoon of the Barva ...
Sarapiquí has an area of 2,140.54 km 2. [3] The canton includes the major portion of the Province of Heredia, and is named for its major waterway, the Sarapiquí River. The western half of the canton gives way to the San Carlos Plain. Heredia's provincial border with Alajuela, which runs through the middle of the San Carlos Plain, marks the ...
San Pablo District, San Pablo, Heredia. / 9.9987758; -84.0910241. San Pablo is a district of the San Pablo canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. [1] [2]