Prior to its founding, the area around Heredia was inhabited by the native tribe that is known as the Huetares, who were commanded at the coming of the Spanish by the Cacique Garabito.

[5] In 1751, the Bishop of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Monseñor Pedro Agustín Morel de Santa Cruz supervised the founding of the first school in Heredia, which was run by the church.

[1] Heredia is located 11km north of San José and is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area.

[citation needed] They play their home games at the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero.

Very warm year-round, the temperatures are tempered by the amount of cloud cover that affects the area.