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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.
Moravia has an area of 28.62 km² [6] and a mean elevation of 1,297 metres. [2] The elongated canton begins in the northern suburbs of the national capital city of San José and continues northeast toward the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). The Virilla, Pará, and Blanco rivers on the north and west, and the Quebrada Azul and Macho ...
2,100/km 2 (5,400/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10901. Santa Ana is a district and head city of the Santa Ana canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] The city acts as seat to the municipal government of the Santa Ana Canton.
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]
40,065. • Density. 10,000/km 2 (26,000/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10111. San Sebastián is the eleventh district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [ 1][ 2] An important residential district, San Sebastián is the third most populous and second most densely populated in the canton.
Merced. / 9.9399591; -84.0883582. Merced is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown ( casco central) properly. This division is merely commercial, but covers an important part of "josefino" life and activities.
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.