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Heredia
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district in Heredia canton, and city of Heredia province, Costa Rica
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Place details
- Locality
- Heredia
- Region
- Heredia
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Population
- 21,947
- Timezone
- America/Costa_Rica
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Province
- Heredia Province
- Canton
- Heredia Canton
- Syndic
- Eduardo Murillo Quirós
- Total
- 2.95 km (1.14 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,150 m (3,770 ft)
- Density
- 6,340/km (16,400/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Climate
- Am
- Website
- http://www.heredia.go.cr/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16686
- Area
- 2.86
- Elevation
- 1150
- Image
- Fortin y anfiteatro.JPG
- Dialing code
- 25
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- Commons category
- Heredia
- inception
- 1705-00-00
- postal code
- 40101
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Travel guide
Get in
thumb|View from Monte de la Cruz
In the middle of the Central Valley, Heredia is easily accessible by road and train.
Get around
You can easily walk most places in Heredia, or take a cab ride which will cost less than ₡1,000.
In the middle of Heredia downtown there is the central park.
Eat
Heredia has become a foodie paradise (relative to Costa Rica), there are many high quality restaurants preparing exotic dishes and local favorites with a very affordable range of prices for every customer.
Sleep
Heredia offers hotels at several different price levels including the backpacker variety. Local buses ply the route between Heredia and San Jose, taking about twenty minutes to reach San José's main tourist areas.
Go next
Alajuela: The scenic route from Heredia to Poás Volcano goes straight from Barva to the north, look for Ruta 126 green signs and brown signs with directions to Volcán Poás. Also through Río Segundo to get fast to the Airport, just follow the Airport signs. San José: Follow the white signs, there are two ways, the more direct through Uruca that joins the Ruta 1 or Interamerican Highway, and also through Santo Domingo and Tibás that ends at the north end (Barrio Amón) of downtown San José.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
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. It is 10 kilometers to the north of the country's capital, San José.
The city is home to one of the largest colleges in Costa Rica, the National University of Costa Rica, which accepts many international students.