Goicoechea (canton)
{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Cantón de Goicoechea|date=February 2024}}
{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Goicoechea
|native_name_lang = es
|settlement_type = Canton
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|pushpin_map_alt = Goicoechea canton location in San José Province##Goicoechea canton location in Costa Rica
|pushpin_map_caption = Goicoechea canton location in San José Province##Goicoechea canton location in Costa Rica
|coordinates = {{coord|9.9560222|-83.984858|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}}
|image_flag = Bandera de Goicoechea.svg
|image_seal = Escudo Cantón Goicoechea Costa Rica.svg
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|map_alt = Goicoechea canton
|map_caption = Goicoechea canton
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|established_title = Creation
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = San José
|seat_type = Head city
|seat = Guadalupe
|government_type = Municipality
|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Goicoechea}}
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós (PLN)
|parts_type = Districts
|parts_style = list
|parts = Districts
|p1 = Guadalupe
|p2 = San Francisco
|p3 = Calle Blancos
|p4 = Mata de Plátano
|p5 = Ipís
|p6 = Rancho Redondo
|p7 = Purral
|area_total_km2 = 31.7
|elevation_m = 1364
|population_total = 115084
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_est = 132104
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = UTC−06:00
|blank_name = Canton code
|blank_info = 108
|website = {{URL|https://www.munigoicoechea.com/}}
}}
Goicoechea is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.{{cite web |date=19 March 2019 |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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063957/https://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 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=26 September 2020 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |lang=es}}{{cite book |url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf |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 |lang=es}}
History
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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |language=es}} As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 25.34% of the votes, with Reina Irene Campos Jiménez and Valeria Fernández Castillo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |date=21 February 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}
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|+ Mayors 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}} !Period !Name !Party |
| 2002–2006
|Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez |
| 2006–2010
| rowspan="2" |Óscar Figueroa Fieujeam | rowspan="5" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN |
| 2010–2016 |
| 2016–2020
|Ana Lucía Madrigal Faerron |
| 2020–2024
|Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes |
| 2024–2028
|Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós |
= Municipal Council =
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Goicoechea's Municipal Council has 9 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 current president of the Municipal Council is Broad Front member Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli, with Social Christian Unity Party member Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez as vice president.{{Cite web |author=Municipalidad de Goicoechea |title=Concejo Municipal |trans-title=Municipal Council |url=https://munigoicoechea.go.cr/inicio/concejo-municipal/ |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}} The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024-2028 period is as follows:
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|+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of Goicoechea 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}} |
| colspan="6" |File:Costa_Rica_Goicoechea_Concejo_Municipal_2024.svg |
| colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Goicoechea |
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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="#14A54E" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Carmen María Martínez Barahona |Carolina Araúz Durán |
| Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes
|Christian Muñoz Rojas |
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| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera Coalición Cambio Ciudadano Costa Rica.svg | rowspan="2" |Citizen's Change Coalition (CCAC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0455A" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Melissa Valdivia Zúñiga |Rosaura Castellón Navarro |
| Luis Carlos Barquero Araya
|Sixto Araya Araya |
| ----
| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | rowspan="2" |Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#074A91" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez(VP) |Emilio José Fallas Sandí |
| Grettel Virginia Amador Rojas
|Marisol Campos Arias |
| File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg
|United We Can (UP) | bgcolor="#823D8D" | |1 |William Fallas Bogarin |Alex Gerardo Zúñiga Muñoz |
| File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg
|Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) | bgcolor="#999999" | |1 |María Lorena Ortíz Salazar |Gabriela Jiménez Araya |
| File:Bandera Partido Frente Amplio Costa Rica.svg
|Broad Front (FA) | bgcolor="#F7E000" | |1 |Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli(P) |Johanna Arlete Oviedo Mora |
Geography
Goicoechea has an area of {{cvt|31.7|km2}}{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=2024-06-20 |title=División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica |trans-title=Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica |url=https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf |access-date=2024-07-16 |language=es |format=PDF}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1364|m}}.
The elongated canton curves its way through the suburban areas just north of San José, climbing steadily into the {{lang|es|Cordillera Central}} (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Durazno River (on its northern boundary) and the Tiribí River (on the south).
Districts
The canton of Goicoechea is subdivided into the following districts:
Demographics
{{CR Census population}}
Goicoechea was estimated to have a population of {{Formatnum:132104}} in 2022, up from {{formatnum:115084}} at the time of the 2011 census.{{Cite web |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |author-link=National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica |date=2023 |title=Resultados Estimacion de Poblacion y Vivienda 2022 |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate Results |url=https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604233425/https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |archive-date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-04-21 |language=es |format=XLSX}}{{cite web |lang=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}}
According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme, Goicoechea has a Human Development Index score of {{formatnum:0.758}}, ranking it 10th in its province.{{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 |access-date=21 July 2024}}
Transportation
= Road transportation =
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
{{columns-list|
- 25px National Route 32
- 25px National Route 39
- 25px National Route 100
- 25px National Route 108
- 25px National Route 109
- 25px National Route 200
- 25px National Route 201
- 25px National Route 205
- 25px National Route 216
- 25px National Route 218
}}
= Rail transportation =
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
References
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{{Provinces of Costa Rica}}
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Category:Cantons of San José Province
Category:Populated places in San José Province