Barva
Sign in to saveBarva 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.
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- Toponymy
- Geography
- Culture
- Patron saint and mask festival
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Road transportation
- Notable people
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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.