Cartago (canton)
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 Ruins of Santiago Apóstol Church, a still standing monument in Cartago. | |
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  Cartago Cartago canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°47′20″N 83°55′34″W / 9.7889852°N 83.9261136°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Creation | 7 December 1848 |
| Head city | Oriental |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Cartago |
| • Mayor | Mario Redondo Poveda (PAY) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,575 m (5,167 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 147,898 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 165,417 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 301 |
| Website | www |
Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city is Cartago.
History
[edit] | You can help expand this section with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (July 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. |
Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[3]
Geography
[edit]Cartago has an area of 278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi)[4] and a mean elevation of 1,575 m (5,167 ft).[1]
Cartago is a T-shaped canton stretching southeast from its capital city to encompass a thin swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range), and including portions of the Pan-American Highway.
Government
[edit]Mayor
[edit]According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the Let's Act Now Party (Partido Actuemos Ya) candidate, Mario Redondo Poveda, was elected mayor of the canton with 43.51% of the votes, with Silvia María Navarro Gómez and Marco Andrés Brenes Tinoco as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[6]
| Period | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2006 | Harold Humberto Góngora Fuentes[a] |  PUSC |
| 2006–2010 | Rolando Alberto Rodríguez Brenes |  PLN |
| 2010–2016 | ||
| 2016–2020 | ||
| 2020–2024 | Mario Redondo Poveda |  ADC |
| 2024–2028 |  PAY |
Municipal Council
[edit]Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Cartago's Municipal Council has 9 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent.[5] The current president of the Municipal Council is the Let's Act Now Party member, Alonso Picado Chacón.[8] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
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| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Cartago | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
 | Let's Act Now Party (PAY) | 4 | Alonso Picado Chacón(P) | Roberto Carlos Solano Ortega | |
| Franci Noheli Camacho Vargas | Mónica Machado Barquero | ||||
| Andrés Damián Zúñiga Orozco | Jorge Armando Brenes Calderón | ||||
| Grettel Quesada Moya | Natalia Isabel Serrano Redondo | ||||
 | National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Jonathan Arce Moya | Braulio José Martínez Rojas | |
| Marcela Quesada Cerdas | Stephannie Melissa Meneses Quirós | ||||
| Caleb Andrés Pichardo Aguilar | Luis Martín Martínez Rojas | ||||
 | National Democratic Agenda (ADN) | 1 | Marvin Alvarado Méndez | Manuel Enrique González Espinoza | |
 | Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) | 1 | Alberto Acevedo Gutiérrez | Armando José Canno Díaz | |
Districts
[edit]The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:
- Oriental
- Occidental
- Carmen
- San Nicolás
- Aguacaliente
- Guadalupe
- Corralillo
- Tierra Blanca
- Dulce Nombre
- Llano Grande
- Quebradilla
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1864 | 16,780 | — |
| 1883 | 20,398 | +1.03% |
| 1892 | 25,898 | +2.69% |
| 1927 | 26,909 | +0.11% |
| 1950 | 30,763 | +0.58% |
| 1963 | 46,722 | +3.27% |
| 1973 | 65,310 | +3.41% |
| 1984 | 87,125 | +2.65% |
| 2000 | 132,057 | +2.63% |
| 2011 | 147,898 | +1.04% |
| 2022 | 166,204 | +1.07% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[10] Centro Centroamericano de Población[11] | ||
Cartago had a population of 165,417 inhabitants in 2022, up from 147,898 people at the time of the 2011 census.[12][13]
In 2022, Cartago had a Human Development Index of 0.791, the 3rd highest in its province, behind El Guarco and La Unión, and 18th in the country.[14]
Transportation
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The canton is covered by the following road routes:
Rail transportation
[edit]The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also legally named Carlos Humberto Góngora Fuentes.
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (20 June 2024). "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica] (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ^ Jump up to: a b Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish).
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (8 March 2024). "N.° 2157-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de Cartago, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Orden del Día - Martes 23 de Julio de 24 - Sesión Ordinaria 019-2024" (PDF). Municipalidad de Cartago (in Spanish). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (12 March 2024). "N.° 2220-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de Cartago, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (July 2023). Estimación de Población y Vivienda 2022 : Resultados Generales [2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results] (PDF) (in Spanish). ISBN 9789930525753. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022". Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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