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San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity ...
Santa Ana (Spanish: Cantón de Santa Ana) is the ninth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. [2] [3] It is located in the Central Valley.It borders with the Alajuela canton to the north, the Mora canton to the south and west, the Escazú canton to the east, as well as the Belén canton to the north east. [4]
Curridabat (canton) Mountains seen from Curridabat. / 9.9163367; -84.0282798. Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. [2] [3] The head city the homonymous Curridabat. The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San José, lying on the southeast edge of the city.
Website. www.desamparados.go.cr. Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.89 km 2 (45.90 sq mi), [1] and had a population of 223,226 in 2022, [2] making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The canton's capital city is also called Desamparados.
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, Yamilet Quesada Zúñiga, was elected mayor of the canton with 25.57% of the votes, with Oscar Delgado Araya and Luisa María Vega Matamoros as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
According to the Executive Decree N°41548-MGP (Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República), a city in Costa Rica is a ceremonial title awarded to a district or districts which contain the administrative center regardless of factors such as population, population density, or economic indicators.
Costa Rica’s first local government was Garcimuñoz Castle, founded in 1561 by Costa Rica’s conqueror Juan de Cavallón. [1] In 1564 Juan Vazquez de Coronado moved the local government from Garcimuñoz to El Guarco and called it Cartago. [1] 1813 there were 15 local governments in Costa Rica known as Cabildos, including those of the main ...
The Greater Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica (Spanish: Gran Área Metropolitana, GAM) is the largest urban agglomeration in the country, comprising areas of high population density surrounding the capital, San José, which geographically corresponds to the Central Valley and extended to include the Guarco Valley, where some of the cantons of the Cartago province are located.