Barva

Also known as Barva de Barva

Barva is a district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Barva
Settlement.settlement_type: District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Costa Rica
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Barva district location in Costa Rica
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Barva district location in Costa Rica
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.map_alt: Barva district
Settlement.map_caption: Barva district
Settlement.image_skyline: Iglesia de Barva de Heredia.JPG
Settlement.image_alt: Barva Church
Settlement.image_caption: Barva Church

Article

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Contents

Toponymy
Geography
Culture
Patron saint and mask festival
Demographics
Transportation
Road transportation
Notable people
References

Barva is a district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape.

==Toponymy== The name comes from Barvac or Barvak a cacique of the area around 1569, which in turn might come from either: From New Tlapallan in Nahuatl language, or Tla pallapan, which in Huetar language was Tabaraba or Abaraba, hispanicized as Barba and meaning Black River or Dark River as explained by José Fidel Tristán in 1910. Bal (town) and wac (anteater), meaning Anteater Town, according to Luis Ferrero. Bar or bur (bees) with ba or bac (tribe), meaning Bees Tribe, as explained by bishop Bernardo Augusto Thiel y Hoffmann in late 19th century, from sources from 1575 and 1599.