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Cartago (canton)

Coordinates: 9°47′20″N 83°55′34″W / 9.7889852°N 83.9261136°W / 9.7889852; -83.9261136
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Cartago
Canton
Ruins of Santiago Apóstol Church, a still standing monument in Cartago.
Ruins of Santiago Apóstol Church, a still standing monument in Cartago.
Flag of Cartago
Flag
Official seal of Cartago
Seal
Map
Cartago canton
Cartago canton location in Costa Rica
Cartago canton location in Costa Rica
Cartago
Cartago canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°47′20″N 83°55′34″W / 9.7889852°N 83.9261136°W / 9.7889852; -83.9261136
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
Creation7 December 1848
Head cityOriental
Districts
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Cartago
 • MayorMario Redondo Poveda (PAY)
Area
 • Total278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi)
Elevation
1,575 m (5,167 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total147,898
 • Estimate 
(2022)
165,417
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code301
Websitewww.muni-carta.go.cr

Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city is Cartago.

History

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Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[3]

Geography

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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

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Mayor

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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]

Mayors of Cartago since the 2002 elections[7]
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

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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:

Current composition of the Municipal Council of Cartago after the 2024 municipal elections[9]
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

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The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Oriental
  2. Occidental
  3. Carmen
  4. San Nicolás
  5. Aguacaliente
  6. Guadalupe
  7. Corralillo
  8. Tierra Blanca
  9. Dulce Nombre
  10. Llano Grande
  11. Quebradilla

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
186416,780—    
188320,398+1.03%
189225,898+2.69%
192726,909+0.11%
195030,763+0.58%
196346,722+3.27%
197365,310+3.41%
198487,125+2.65%
2000132,057+2.63%
2011147,898+1.04%
2022165,417+1.02%
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

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Road transportation

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The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Rail transportation

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The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

Notes

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  1. ^ Also legally named Carlos Humberto Góngora Fuentes.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ a b Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  11. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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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