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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 ...
Belén is the seventh canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. [ 2][ 3] 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. It limits to the north and west with the canton of Alajuela, to the east with Flores and Heredia, and to the ...
Time zone. UTC−06:00. Canton code. 406. Website. www .munisanisidro .go .cr. 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.
The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces ( provincias ), 84 cantons ( cantones ), and 489 districts ( distritos ). [ 2]
San Francisco is a district of the Heredia canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Geography. San Francisco has an area of 6.43 km ...
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 ...