Category:Heredia

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While Heredia Province is perhaps best known as a northern suburban area of the capital city of San Jose, the great majority of Heredia Province lies in the northern lowlands and rainforests of the Sarapiqui region, bordering Nicaragua and the San Juan River Basin.

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History

Heredia was occupied by the indigenous people of the Kingdom of West Huetar, under the reign of Cacique Garavito. In 1706 immigrants form Cartago founded a hermit in Alvirilla. Between 1716 and 1717 the hermit was relocated North, to a place the natives called Cubujuquí.

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