Varablanca is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the Heredia canton, in the Heredia province of

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. The Vara Blanca head city is located between Poas Volcano and

Barva Volcano Barva Volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano complex in central Costa Rica, 22 km north of San José, in Heredia Province. On the eastern side of the mountain it has a lake in what was the volcanic crater, called "Laguna de Barva", and in the ...

Heredia Province Heredia () 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 ...

. It is an important cross-road location for all major traffic connecting the northern parts of Costa Rica especially the Sarapiqui River delta area with the major population area of the San Jose Central Valley. On January 8, 2009, it was struck by a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake known as the Cinchona earthquake.

History

Varablanca was created on 5 July 1971 by Decreto 1819-G. Segregated from districts Puerto Viejo and Dulce Nombre de Jesús.

Geography

Varablanca has an area of km² and an elevation of metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Varablanca had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNS 120

National Route 120 * CR RNS 126

National Route 126

References

{{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of Heredia Province Populated places in Heredia Province