Tibás

{{Expand Spanish|1=Cantón de Tibás|date=September 2024|topic=geo}}

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|established_title = Creation

|established_date = 7 August 1868

|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = San José

|seat_type = Head city

|seat = San Juan

|government_type = Municipality

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = José Alejandro Alvarado Vega (PLN)

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|p2 = Cinco Esquinas

|p3 = Anselmo Llorente

|p4 = León XIII

|p5 = Colima

|area_total_km2 = 8.27

|elevation_m = 1140

|population_total = 64842

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_est = 74592

|pop_est_as_of = 2022

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = UTC−06:00

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Tibás is the thirteenth 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 Juan.

History

Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31. It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be the capital of the country, at least according to ex-president Braulio Carrillo,{{Cite web|title = Historia del Cantón de Tibás|url = http://cantondetibas.blogspot.com/|website = Tibás|access-date = 2015-09-04}} this is the reason the town was originally designed with such a neat array of perfectly aligned blocks, cut by the streets running from North to South and the avenues from East to West.

Geography

Tibás has an area of {{cvt|8.27|km2}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1140|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 canton forms a northern suburb of the national capital city of San José. It is triangular in shape, with the Virilla River as its northern boundary. The Quebrada Rivera, a canyon, establishes the southwestern limit of the canton and also a portion of the southeastern boundary.

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, José Alejandro Alvarado Vega, was elected mayor of the canton with 37.17% of the votes, with Liliana María Beer Rodríguez and Olga Courrau Quesada 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 Tibás 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

|Percy Kenneth Rodríguez Argüello

|File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg PUSC

2006–2010

|Jorge Antonio Salas Bonilla

|File:Bandera Partido Acción Ciudadana Costa Rica.svg PAC

2010–2016

|Gonzalo Vargas Jiménez

| rowspan="4" |File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN

2016–2020

| rowspan="2" |Carlos Luis Cascante Duarte

2020–2024

2024–2028

|José Alejandro Alvarado Vega

= Municipal Council =

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Tibás' 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 Social Democratic Progress Party regidor, Jimmy Villalta Espinoza.{{Cite web |author=Municipalidad de Tibás |date=30 July 2024 |title=Perfiles de los Miembros del Concejo Municipal Período 2024-2028 |url=https://www.munitibas.go.cr/articulo/133/perfiles-de-los-miembros-del-concejo-municipal-periodo-2024-2028 |access-date=20 September 2024}} 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 Tibás 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 Tibás Concejo Municipal 2024.svg
colspan="6" \|Political parties in the Municipal Council of Tibás
---- ! 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="#00A94F" \| \| rowspan="3" \|3 \|Dora Alicia Rodríguez Rodríguez \|Stephanie Patricia Blanco Rojas
Jean Paul Porras Carvajal \|Arturo Enrique Hernández Martínez
Alejandra Ramón Sánchez \|María del Milagro Chacón Zamora
---- \| rowspan="2" \|File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg \| rowspan="2" \|Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1007A0" \| \| rowspan="2" \|2 \|Jimmy Villalta Espinoza^(P) \|Juan Carlos Rodríguez Cruz
Carmen Eugenia Sánchez Avila \|Irene Patricia Segura Varela
File:Bandera Partido Republicano Social Cristiano Costa Rica.svg \|Social Christian Republican Party (PRSC) \| bgcolor="#FFCD01" \| \|1 \|Manuel René Barboza Chaves \|Eduardo Emilio Umaña Álvarez
File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg \|Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) \| bgcolor="#C42026" \| \|1 \|Vivian Roxana Acosta Bonilla \|Inés Cristina Lascarez Solano

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|+ Composition of the Municipal Council of Tibás 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 Tibás Concejo Municipal 2024.svg

colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Tibás

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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="#00A94F" |

| rowspan="3" |3

|Dora Alicia Rodríguez Rodríguez

|Stephanie Patricia Blanco Rojas

Jean Paul Porras Carvajal

|Arturo Enrique Hernández Martínez

Alejandra Ramón Sánchez

|María del Milagro Chacón Zamora

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| rowspan="2" |File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg

| rowspan="2" |Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1007A0" |

| rowspan="2" |2

|Jimmy Villalta Espinoza^(P)

|Juan Carlos Rodríguez Cruz

Carmen Eugenia Sánchez Avila

|Irene Patricia Segura Varela

File:Bandera Partido Republicano Social Cristiano Costa Rica.svg

|Social Christian Republican Party (PRSC)

| bgcolor="#FFCD01" |

|Manuel René Barboza Chaves

|Eduardo Emilio Umaña Álvarez

File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg

|Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)

| bgcolor="#C42026" |

|Vivian Roxana Acosta Bonilla

|Inés Cristina Lascarez Solano

Districts

The canton of Tibás is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Tibás had an estimated population of {{formatnum:74592}} people in 2022, up from {{formatnum:64842}} 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}}

Tibás had a Human Development Index of 0.766 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/}}

Tibás includes both industrial and residential neighborhoods and is home of a popular football team in Costa Rica, Deportivo Saprissa and its stadium Estadio Ricardo Saprissa.

Transportation

= Road transportation =

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

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= Rail transportation =

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

References

Category:Cantons of San José Province

Category:Populated places in San José Province