Paraíso (canton)
{{Short description|Canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica}}
{{Expand Spanish|1=Cantón de Paraíso|date=August 2024|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Paraíso
|native_name_lang = es
|settlement_type = Canton
|pushpin_map = Costa Rica
|pushpin_map_alt = Paraíso canton location in Costa Rica
|pushpin_map_caption = Paraíso canton location in Costa Rica
|coordinates = {{coord|9.7294954|-83.7706033|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}}
|image_flag = Bandera Cantón de Paraíso, Cartago, Costa Rica.svg
|image_seal = Escudo del Cantón de Paraíso.gif
|image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Paraíso canton}}
|map_alt = Paraíso canton
|map_caption = Paraíso canton
|image_skyline =
|image_alt =
|image_caption =
|established_title = Creation
|established_date = 7 December 1848
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Cartago
|seat_type = Head city
|seat = Paraíso
|government_type = Municipality
|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Paraíso}}
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Michaell Álvarez Quirós (UP)
|parts_type = Districts
|parts_style = list
|parts = Districts
|p1 = Paraíso
|p2 = Santiago
|p3 = Orosi
|p4 = Cachí
|p5 = Llanos de Santa Lucía
|area_total_km2 = 476.99
|elevation_m = 1171
|population_total = 57743
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_est = 65941
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = UTC−06:00
|blank_name = Canton code
|blank_info = 302
|website = https://www.muniparaiso.go.cr/
}}
Paraíso is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.{{cite web |lang=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 |lang=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 is in Paraíso district.
History
Paraíso was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.{{cite book |last1=Hernández |first1=Hermógenes |title=Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=San José |isbn=9977-64-243-5 |pages=164-173 |edition=1 |url=https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |language=es}}
Geography
Paraíso has an area of {{cvt|476.99|km2}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1171|m}}.{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=20 June 2024 |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 |language=es |format=PDF}}
Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its head city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).
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 United We Can candidate, Michaell Álvarez Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 41.37% of the votes, with Merlyn Rojas Mora and Roger Ricardo Zúñiga Vega 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.° 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. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2157-E11-2024.html |access-date=12 August 2024 |language=es}}
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|+ Mayors of Paraíso 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=12 August 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}} !Period !Name !Party |
| 2002–2006
| rowspan="2" |Marvin Solano Zúñiga |File:No flag 2.svg PAPA{{Efn|Paraíso's Authentic Party (Spanish: {{Lang|es|Partido Auténtico Paraiseño}})}} |
| 2006–2010 |
| 2010–2016
|Jorge Rodríguez Araya |
| 2016–2020
|Marvin Solano Zúñiga |File:Bandera Partido Accesibilidad sin Exclusión Costa Rica.svg PASE |
| 2020–2024
|Carlos Manuel Ramírez Sánchez |
| 2024–2028
|Michaell Álvarez Quirós |
= Municipal Council =
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Paraíso's Municipal Council has 7 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 the Progressive Liberal Party member, Aldo Mata Coghi, with National Liberation Party member Silvia Elena Arce Araya as vice president.{{Cite web |title=Concejo Municipal 2024-2028 |url=https://www.muniparaiso.go.cr/articulo/126/concejo-municipal-2024-2028 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Municipalidad de Paraíso |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 Paraíso after the 2024 municipal elections{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica |date=12 March 2024 |title=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. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2220-E11-2024.html |access-date=12 August 2024 |language=es}} |
| colspan="6" |File:Costa Rica Paraíso municipal council 2024.svg |
| colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Paraíso |
|---|
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! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" |Regidores |
| №
!Owner !Substitute |
| rowspan="3" |File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg
| rowspan="3" |United We Can (UP) | rowspan="3" bgcolor="#813F8C" | | rowspan="3" |3 |Kattia Alfaro Saenz |María Gabriela Solano Marín |
| Jaime Andrés Coto Espinoza
|Julio Sánchez Soto |
| Milany Sofía Obando Mora
|Ana Catalina Barquero Quesada |
| ----
| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg | rowspan="2" |National Liberation Party (PLN) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#008800" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Luis Diego Calderón Sánchez |Javier Mauricio Hernández Castillo |
| Silvia Elena Arce Araya(VP)
|Sussana Irene Mata Quesada |
| File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg
|Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | bgcolor="#104B90" | |1 |Agustín Enrique Siles Solano |Walter Solano Segura{{Efn|Also legally named Walter Obando Segura.}} |
| File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg
|Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) | bgcolor="#FF7300" | |1 |Aldo Mata Coghi(P) |Felipe Alberto Loaiza Araya |
Districts
Demographics
{{CR Census population}}
Paraíso had an estimated {{formatnum:65941}} inhabitants in 2022, up from the {{formatnum:57743}} people 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 |access-date=12 August 2024 |isbn=9789930525753 |language=es |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results}}{{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}}
In 2022, Paraíso had a Human Development Index of 0.778, ranking it 4th highest 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=12 August 2024}}
Transportation
= Road transportation =
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
{{columns-list|
- 25px National Route 2
- 25px National Route 10
- 25px National Route 224
- 25px National Route 225
- 25px National Route 404
- 25px National Route 405
- 25px National Route 408
- 25px National Route 416
}}
= Rail transportation =
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
Notes
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