Dota (canton)
Canton in San José province, Costa Rica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dota is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city of the canton is Santa María.
Dota | |
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.jpg) Santa María de Dota Church | |
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 Dota canton | |
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| Coordinates: 9.5847517°N 83.8736707°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Creation | 23 July 1925 |
| Head city | Santa María |
| Districts | Districts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Dota |
| • Mayor | Adrián Cordero Cordero (PUSC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 404.44 km2 (156.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,874 m (6,148 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,948 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 9,364 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 117 |
| Website | www |
It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Tarrazú and León Cortés Castro.
Mayor
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[4] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) candidate, Adrián Cordero Cordero, was elected mayor of the canton with 79.33% of the votes, with Susy Calderón Arguedas and Jorge Orlando Serrano Salazar as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[5]
Municipal Council
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Dota's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent.[4] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
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| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Dota | |||||
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| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
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Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 4 | Ana Vanessa Mata Cordero | Ivonne Fallas Fallas | |
| Ronald Alberto Calderón Valverde | Enrique Jiménez Hernández[b] | ||||
| Johanna Patricia Solano Montero | Ana Fiorina Retana Rojas | ||||
| Rolando Fonseca Brenes | Edwin Alexander Valverde Elizondo | ||||
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National Liberation Party (PLN) | 1 | Johanna Chanto Vargas | Leda Roxana Ureña Brenes | |
Dota has an area of 404.44 km2 (156.16 sq mi)[8] and a mean elevation of 1,874 m (6,148 ft).[1]
The canton is delineated by the Savegre River on the south and southeast, the Naranjo River on the west and the Cordillera de Talamanca on the north and northeast.
The canton of Dota is subdivided into the following districts:
Dota had an estimated 9,364 inhabitants in 2022,[11] up from 6,948 at the time of the 2011 census.[12]
In 2022, Dota had a Human Development Index of 0.660.[13]
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
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