Acosta (canton)
{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}}
{{Expand Spanish|1=Cantón de Acosta|date=September 2024|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Acosta
|native_name_lang = es
|settlement_type = Canton
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|pushpin_map_alt = Acosta canton location in San José Province##Acosta canton location in Costa Rica
|pushpin_map_caption = Acosta canton location in San José Province##Acosta canton location in Costa Rica
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|image_flag = Bandera de Acosta (Costa Rica).svg
|image_seal = Escudo del cantón de Acosta.svg
|image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Acosta canton}}
|map_alt = Acosta canton
|map_caption = Acosta canton
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|established_title = Creation
|established_date = 27 October 1910
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = San José
|seat_type = Head city
|seat = San Ignacio
|government_type = Municipality
|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Acosta}}
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós (PLN)
|parts_type = Districts
|parts_style = list
|parts = Districts
|p1 = San Ignacio
|p2 = Guaitil
|p3 = Palmichal
|p4 = Cangrejal
|p5 = Sabanillas
|area_total_km2 = 342.56
|elevation_m = 1009
|population_total = 20209
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_est = 22542
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = UTC−06:00
|blank_name = Canton code
|blank_info = 112
|website = {{URL|https://www.acosta.go.cr/}}
}}
Acosta is the twelfth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica.{{cite web |language=es |title=Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019}}{{cite book |language=es |title=División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica|date=8 March 2017|publisher=Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional|isbn=978-9977-58-477-5|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf}} The head city of the canton is San Ignacio.
History
Geography
Acosta has an area of {{cvt|342.56|km2}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1009|m}}.{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=20 June 2024 |title=División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 |trans-title=Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 |url=https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf |language=es |format=PDF}}
The mountainous canton begins in the Cerros de Escazú on the far western edge of the San José Metropolitan Area. It continues west and south between the Negro River on the north and the Jorco River on the east to encompass a large portion of the Coastal Mountain Range, ending at the border of Puntarenas Province near the Pacific coast in Parrita Canton.
Government
= Mayor =
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.{{Cite web |author=Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica |author-link=Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica |date=13 May 2024 |title=Código Municipal |trans-title=Municipal Code |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?nValor1=1&nValor2=40197 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |language=es}} As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 41.92% of the votes, with Tania Granados Borbón and Marianela Arias Elizondo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |date=8 March 2024 |title=N.° 1658-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/1658-E11-2024.html |language=es}}
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|+ Mayors of Acosta since the 2002 elections{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |title=Resoluciones declaratorias de elección |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/declaratorias.htm |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}} !Period !Name !Party |
| 2002–2006
| rowspan="2" |Rónald Ricardo Durán Gamboa | rowspan="3" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN |
| 2006–2010 |
| 2010–2016
|Luis Alberto Durán Gamboa |
| 2016–2020
| rowspan="2" |Norman Eduardo Hidalgo Gamboa | rowspan="2" |File:Bandera Partido Acción Ciudadana Costa Rica.svg PAC |
| 2020–2024 |
| 2024–2028
|Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós |
= Municipal Council =
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Acosta's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor ({{Lang|es|regidor propietario}}) is absent. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin:auto;"
|+ Composition of the Municipal Council of Acosta after the 2024 municipal elections{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica |date=12 February 2024 |title=N.° 2218-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2218-E11-2024.html |language=es}} |
| colspan="6" |File:Costa Rica Acosta Concejo Municipal 2024.svg |
| colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Acosta |
|---|
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! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" |Regidores |
| №
!Owner !Substitute |
| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg
| rowspan="2" |National Liberation Party (PLN) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00A94F" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Olga Vargas Sánchez{{Efn|Also legally named Alba Vargas Sánchez.}} |Seidy Lucía Chinchilla Garro |
| Fermin Carrillo Palma
|Antonio Chinchilla Vindas |
| ----
| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | rowspan="2" |Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#104B90" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Christian Javier Arias Hidalgo |Sergio Manuel Ramírez Azofeifa |
| Julissa Castro Murcia
|Roxana Sánchez Prado |
| File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg
|Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) | bgcolor="#FE6900" | |1 |Fabio Mauricio Arias Prado |Eddy Calderón Jiménez |
Districts
The canton of Acosta is subdivided into the following districts:
Demographics
{{CR Census population}}
Acosta had an estimated population of {{formatnum:22542}} people in 2022, up from {{formatnum:20209}} at the time of the 2011 census.{{Cite book |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |author-link=National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica |url=https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-10/rePoblacResultadosGenerales_Estimacion_poblacion_vivienda_2022_0.pdf |title=Estimación de Población y Vivienda 2022 : Resultados Generales |date=July 2023 |isbn=9789930525753 |language=es |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results}}{{cite web |language=es |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020}}
Acosta had a Human Development Index of 0.731 in 2022.{{Cite web |author=Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado |author2=Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica |author-link2=University of Costa Rica |author3=Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo |author-link3=United Nations Development Programme |date=9 June 2023 |title=Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022 |url=https://www.undp.org/es/costa-rica/publicaciones/atlas-de-desarrollo-humano-cantonal-2022/}}
Transportation
= Road transportation =
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
Notas
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.maplandia.com/costa-rica/san-jose/acosta/ "Acosta Google Satellite Map"] Maplandia
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