Cartago (canton)
Canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city is Cartago.
Cartago | |
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 Ruins of Santiago Apóstol Church, a still standing monument in Cartago. | |
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 Cartago canton | |
  Cartago Cartago canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9.7889852°N 83.9261136°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Creation | 7 December 1848 |
| Head city | Oriental |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Cartago |
| • Mayor | Mario Redondo Poveda (PAY) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,575 m (5,167 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 147,898 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 165,417 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 301 |
| Website | www |
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Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[3]
Cartago has an area of 278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi)[4] and a mean elevation of 1,575 m (5,167 ft).[1]
Cartago is a T-shaped canton stretching southeast from its capital city to encompass a thin swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range), and including portions of the Pan-American Highway.
Mayor
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the Let's Act Now Party (Partido Actuemos Ya) candidate, Mario Redondo Poveda, was elected mayor of the canton with 43.51% of the votes, with Silvia María Navarro Gómez and Marco Andrés Brenes Tinoco as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[6]
Municipal Council
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Cartago's Municipal Council has 9 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent.[5] The current president of the Municipal Council is the Let's Act Now Party member, Alonso Picado Chacón.[8] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
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| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Cartago | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
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Let's Act Now Party (PAY) | 4 | Alonso Picado Chacón(P) | Roberto Carlos Solano Ortega | |
| Franci Noheli Camacho Vargas | Mónica Machado Barquero | ||||
| Andrés Damián Zúñiga Orozco | Jorge Armando Brenes Calderón | ||||
| Grettel Quesada Moya | Natalia Isabel Serrano Redondo | ||||
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National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Jonathan Arce Moya | Braulio José Martínez Rojas | |
| Marcela Quesada Cerdas | Stephannie Melissa Meneses Quirós | ||||
| Caleb Andrés Pichardo Aguilar | Luis Martín Martínez Rojas | ||||
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National Democratic Agenda (ADN) | 1 | Marvin Alvarado Méndez | Manuel Enrique González Espinoza | |
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Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) | 1 | Alberto Acevedo Gutiérrez | Armando José Canno Díaz | |
The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:
| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1864 | 16,780 | — |
| 1883 | 20,398 | +1.03% |
| 1892 | 25,898 | +2.69% |
| 1927 | 26,909 | +0.11% |
| 1950 | 30,763 | +0.58% |
| 1963 | 46,722 | +3.27% |
| 1973 | 65,310 | +3.41% |
| 1984 | 87,125 | +2.65% |
| 2000 | 132,057 | +2.63% |
| 2011 | 147,898 | +1.04% |
| 2022 | 165,417 | +1.02% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[10] Centro Centroamericano de Población[11] | ||
Cartago had a population of 165,417 inhabitants in 2022, up from 147,898 people at the time of the 2011 census.[12][13]
In 2022, Cartago had a Human Development Index of 0.791, the 3rd highest in its province, behind El Guarco and La Unión, and 18th in the country.[14]
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
Rail transportation
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
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