Goicoechea (canton)

Goicoechea is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[2][3]

Goicoechea
Canton
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Coordinates: 9.9560222°N 83.984858°W / 9.9560222; -83.984858
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Creation	6 August 1891[1]
Head city	Guadalupe
Districts	Districts Guadalupe San Francisco Calle Blancos Mata de Plátano Ipís Rancho Redondo Purral
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Goicoechea
• Mayor	Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós (PLN)
Area
• Total	31.7 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1,364 m (4,475 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	115,084
• Estimate  (2022)	132,104
• Density	3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	108
Website	www.munigoicoechea.com

History

Goicoechea was created on 6 August 1891 by decree 66.^[3]

Government

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 National Liberation Party candidate, Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 25.34% of the votes, with Reina Irene Campos Jiménez and Valeria Fernández Castillo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.^[5]

Mayors since the 2002 elections^[6]

Period	Name	Party
2002–2006	Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez	PUSC
2006–2010	Óscar Figueroa Fieujeam	PLN
2010–2016
2016–2020	Ana Lucía Madrigal Faerron
2020–2024	Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes
2024–2028	Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Goicoechea'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.^[4] The current president of the Municipal Council is Broad Front member Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli, with Social Christian Unity Party member Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez as vice president.^[7] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024-2028 period is as follows:

Current composition of the Municipal Council of Goicoechea after the 2024 municipal elections^[8]

Political parties in the Municipal Council of Goicoechea
Political party			Regidores
			№	Owner	Substitute
	National Liberation Party (PLN)		2	Carmen María Martínez Barahona	Carolina Araúz Durán
				Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes	Christian Muñoz Rojas
	Citizen's Change Coalition (CCAC)		2	Melissa Valdivia Zúñiga	Rosaura Castellón Navarro
				Luis Carlos Barquero Araya	Sixto Araya Araya
	Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)		2	Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez(VP)	Emilio José Fallas Sandí
				Grettel Virginia Amador Rojas	Marisol Campos Arias
	United We Can (UP)		1	William Fallas Bogarin	Alex Gerardo Zúñiga Muñoz
	Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD)		1	María Lorena Ortíz Salazar	Gabriela Jiménez Araya
	Broad Front (FA)		1	Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli(P)	Johanna Arlete Oviedo Mora

Geography

Goicoechea has an area of 31.7 km² (12.2 sq mi)^[9] and a mean elevation of 1,364 m (4,475 ft).^[2]

The elongated canton curves its way through the suburban areas just north of San José, climbing steadily into the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Durazno River (on its northern boundary) and the Tiribí River (on the south).

Districts

The canton of Goicoechea is subdivided into the following districts:

1. Guadalupe
2. San Francisco
3. Calle Blancos
4. Mata de Plátano
5. Ipís
6. Rancho Redondo
7. Purral

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1892	3,341	—
1927	6,496	+1.92%
1950	21,093	+5.25%
1963	44,110	+5.84%
1973	61,607	+3.40%
1984	79,931	+2.40%
2000	117,532	+2.44%
2011	115,084	−0.19%
2022	132,104	+1.26%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[10] Centro Centroamericano de Población[11]

Goicoechea was estimated to have a population of 132,104 in 2022, up from 115,084 at the time of the 2011 census.^[12][13]

According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme, Goicoechea has a Human Development Index score of 0.758, ranking it 10th in its province.^[14]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 32
• National Route 39
• National Route 100
• National Route 108
• National Route 109
• National Route 200
• National Route 201
• National Route 205
• National Route 216
• National Route 218

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

References

1. Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
3. División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
4. Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
5. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (21 February 2024). "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" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
6. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
7. Municipalidad de Goicoechea. "Concejo Municipal" [Municipal Council] (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
8. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (12 February 2024). "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" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
9. Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (2024-06-20). "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
10. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
11. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
12. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2023). "Resultados Estimacion de Poblacion y Vivienda 2022" [2022 Population and Housing Estimate Results] (XLSX) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
13. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
14. Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022". Retrieved 21 July 2024.