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San Carlos (canton)

{{Short description|Canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica}}

{{Expand Spanish|Cantón de Escazú|date=July 2024|topic=geo}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = San Carlos

|native_name_lang = es

|settlement_type = Canton

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|pushpin_map_alt = San Carlos canton location in Alajuela Province##San Carlos canton location in Costa Rica

|pushpin_map_caption = San Carlos canton location in Alajuela Province##San Carlos canton location in Costa Rica

|coordinates = {{coord|10.6203924|-84.512|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}}

|image_flag = Bandera de San Carlos (Costa Rica).svg

|image_seal = Escudo del Cantón de San Carlos.gif

|image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=San Carlos canton}}

|map_alt = San Carlos canton

|map_caption = San Carlos canton

|image_skyline = Arenal Volcano as seen from Monteverde.jpg

|image_alt = Arenal Volcano as seen from Monteverde

|image_caption = Arenal Volcano as seen from Monteverde

|established_title = Creation

|established_date = 26 September 1911

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alajuela

|seat_type = Head city

|seat = Quesada

|government_type = Municipality

|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de San Carlos}}

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Juan Diego González Picado (PLN)

|parts_type = Districts

|parts_style = list

|parts = Districts

|p1 = Quesada

|p2 = Florencia

|p3 = Buenavista

|p4 = Aguas Zarcas

|p5 = Venecia

|p6 = Pital

|p7 = La Fortuna

|p8 = La Tigra

|p9 = La Palmera

|p10 = Venado

|p11 = Cutris

|p12 = Monterrey

|p13 = Pocosol

|area_total_km2 = 3352.33

|elevation_m = 340

|population_total = 163745

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_est = 198742

|pop_est_as_of = 2022

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = UTC−06:00

|blank_name = Canton code

|blank_info = 210

|website = {{URL|https://www.munisc.go.cr/}}

}}

San Carlos is a canton in the Alajuela province of 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 capital city of the canton is Ciudad Quesada.

History

San Carlos was created on 26 September 1911 by decree 17.{{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

San Carlos has an area of {{cvt|3352.33|km2}}{{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}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|340|m}}.

The canton encompasses a major portion of the San Carlos Plain, a wide expanse on the Caribbean side of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). San Carlos reaches north to the border of Nicaragua, east to the province of Heredia, west to the province of Guanacaste, and south into the heights of the Cordillera.

San Carlos is noted as the home of Arenal Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The canton's principal economic activities include the production of oranges, yuca, pineapple, sugar cane, beef and dairy products. More than 50% of the national dairy production in Costa Rica comes from San Carlos.

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, Juan Diego González Picado, was elected mayor of the canton with 33.09% of the votes, with Pilar Porras Zúñiga and Diana Murillo Murillo 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.° 2156-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de Alajuela, 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/2156-E11-2024.html |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=es}}

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|+ Mayors of San Carlos 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=21 July 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}

!Period

!Name

!Party

2002–2006

| rowspan="5" |Alfredo Córdoba Soro

| rowspan="6" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN

2006–2010
2010–2016
2016–2020
2020–2024
2024–2028

|Juan Diego González Picado

= Municipal Council =

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. San Carlos' 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 the Social Christian Unity Party member, Raquel Tatiana Marín Cerdas.{{Cite web |last=Municipalidad de San Carlos |date=26 May 2024 |title=ACTA 29-2024 Sesión Ordinaria |url=https://www.munisc.go.cr/Documentos/Secciones/79/Acta%2028%20Lunes%2006%20de%20mayo%20de%202024.pdf |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}} The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

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|+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of San Carlos 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.° 2219-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de Alajuela, 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/2219-E11-2024.html |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=es}}

colspan="6" |File:Costa Rica San Carlos Municipal Council 2024.svg
colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of San Carlos
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! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party

! colspan="3" |Regidores

№

!Owner

!Substitute

rowspan="3" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg

| rowspan="3" |National Liberation Party (PLN)

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#008800" |

| rowspan="3" |3

|Freddy Mauricio Rodríguez Quesada

|Álvaro Ignacio Esquivel Castro

Ashley Tatiana Brenes Alvarado

|Marianela Murillo Vargas

Sergio Chaves Acevedo

|Eduardo Salas Rodríguez

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| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera Aquí Costa Rica Manda.svg

| rowspan="2" |Costa Rica Rules Here (ACRM)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#252E55" |

| rowspan="2" | 2

|Luisa María Chacón Caamaño

|Flor de María Blanco Solís

Melvin López Sancho

|Marco Aurelio Sirias Víctor

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| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg

| rowspan="2" |Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF7300" |

| rowspan="2" | 2

|Julia Patricia Romero Barrientos

|Amalia Salas Porras

Esteban Rodríguez Murillo

|Juan Pablo Rodríguez Acuña

File:Bandera Partido Progreser Costa Rica.svg

|Progreser (PGS)

| bgcolor="#DF231D" |

|1

|Jorge Luis Zapata Arroyo

|Jorge Antonio Rodríguez Miranda

File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg

|Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)

| bgcolor="#104B90" |

|1

|Raquel Tatiana Marín Cerdas(P)

|Mariam Torres Morera

Districts

The canton of San Carlos is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Quesada
  2. Florencia
  3. Buenavista
  4. Aguas Zarcas
  5. Venecia
  6. Pital
  7. La Fortuna
  8. La Tigra
  9. La Palmera
  10. Venado
  11. Cutris
  12. Monterrey
  13. Pocosol

Demographics

{{CR Census population}}

San Carlos had an estimated {{formatnum:198742}} inhabitants in 2022, second highest in its province and fourth highest in the country, behind San José, Alajuela, and Desamparados.{{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 |access-date=24 July 2024}} This is an increase from {{formatnum:163745}} people for the 2011 census.{{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}}

According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme, San Carlos had a Human Development Index of 0.765 in 2022, putting it 6th highest in its province and 28th overall.{{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=24 July 2024}}

Transportation

= Road transportation =

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

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Education

There is a branch of the Costa Rica Institute of Technology in Santa Clara, San Carlos.

Sports

In federated soccer, San Carlos is represented by Asociación Deportiva San Carlos. This association also gives its name to numerous minor league teams that have notably excelled at the national level.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.sirzee.itcr.ac.cr SIR-ZEE] Web portal for business and government in the Northern Zone

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Category:Cantons of Alajuela Province

Category:Populated places in Alajuela Province

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