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Mora Canton
Mora is the seventh Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the San José Province, San José province of Costa Rica. Its head city is Colón, Costa Rica, Colón. Toponymy Originally designated as Pacaca, a cacique name, the canton's name was changed to Mora in honor of Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814-1860), the second President of Costa Rica. History The canton of Pacaca was established by a decree of 25 May 1883. Government Mayor According to Costa Rica's Local government in Costa Rica, Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest 2024 Costa Rican municipal elections, municipal elections in 2024, the Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica), Progressive Liberal Party candidate, Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante, was elected mayor of the canton with 44.73% of the votes, with Ariun Zaya Cabal Lombodorzh and Maynor Guevara Mora as first and second vice mayors, respectively. Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is administratively divided into provinces of Costa Rica, seven provinces which are subdivided into 84 canton (administrative division), cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts of Costa Rica, districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of Municipality, municipalities. Each municipality has its own mayor and several representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections every four years. The original 14 cantons were established in 1848, and the number has risen gradually by the division of existing cantons. Law no. 4366 of 19 August 1969, which outlines the creation of administrative divisions of Costa Rica, states that new cantons may only be created if they have at least one percent of the republic's total population, which was as of the latest estimate (2022). The newest canton, Puerto Jiménez, was created on June 21, 2022, from the Golfito (canton), canton of Golfito. Accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Costa Rican Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, February 4, 2024, to elect all municipal offices in the country: mayors, aldermen, syndics (district council presidents), district councilors and the intendants of seven Local government in Costa Rica, special autonomous districts, together with their respective alternates in all cases (see local government in Costa Rica). These were the sixth direct elections, direct municipal elections since the amendment to the 1998 Municipal Code and the second to be held mid-term since the 2009 reform. In the newly founded Monteverde (canton), canton of Monteverde and Puerto Jiménez (canton), canton of Puerto Jiménez, the election of mayor and members of the City Council were held for the first time. References See also * Elections in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-stub 2024 in Costa Rica Local elections in Costa Rica 2024 elections in Central America February 2024 in Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande De Tárcoles River
Grande means "large" or "great" in many of the Romance languages. It may also refer to: Places *Grande, Germany, a municipality in Germany *Grande Communications, a telecommunications firm based in Texas *Grande-Rivière (other) *Arroio Grande (other) *Boca grande (other) *Campo Grande (other) *El Grande, a German-style board game *Loma Grande (other) *Lucida Grande, a humanist sans-serif typeface *María Grande, a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in northeastern Argentina *Mojón Grande, a village and municipality in Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina *Playa Grande (other) *Ribeira Grande (other) * Rio Grande (other) *Salto Grande (other) *Valle Grande (other) *Várzea Grande (other) *Villa Grande (other) *Casa Grande Ruins National Monument *Casas Grandes *Mesa Grande *Pueblo Grande de Nevada *Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites *Campina Grande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandera Partido Unidos Para El Desarrollo Costa Rica
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to: Places * Bandera County, Texas, U.S. ** Bandera, Texas, its county seat *** Bandera High School ** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass ** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass * Bandera Mountain, Washington, U.S. * Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a municipality and village * Bandera State Airport in King County, Washington, U.S. People * Alcides Bandera (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer * Andriy Bandera (1882–1941), chaplain and politician * Manuel Bandera (born 1960), Spanish actor * Quintín Bandera (–1906), military leader * Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), Ukrainian far-right militant and political leader * Vaitiare Bandera (born 1964), American actress Other uses * ''Bandera'' (moth), a genus of moth * Bandera News Philippines, Philippine media company * ''Inquirer Bandera'', a tabloid newspaper based in the Philippines * ''Bandera'', a military unit of the Spanish Legion of the Spanish Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica Mora Concejo Municipal 2024
Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of the forewing of winged insects, as well as a part of the male clasper Arts and entertainment * ''Costa!'', a 2001 Dutch film * ''Costa!!'', a 2022 Dutch film * Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Award, a literary award in the UK Organisations * Costa Caribe, a Nicaraguan basketball team * Costa Coffee, a British coffee shop chain, sponsor of the book award * Costa Cruises, a leading cruise company in Europe * Costa Del Mar, an American manufacturer of polarized sunglasses * Costa Group, Australian food supplier Places * Costa, Haute-Corse, France, a commune on the island of Corsica * Costa, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Costa, West Virginia, US, or Brushton, a community * Costa Head, a headland on the Orkney Islands * Departam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to: Places * Bandera County, Texas, U.S. ** Bandera, Texas, its county seat *** Bandera High School ** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass ** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass * Bandera Mountain, Washington, U.S. * Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a municipality and village * Bandera State Airport in King County, Washington, U.S. People * Alcides Bandera (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer * Andriy Bandera (1882–1941), chaplain and politician * Manuel Bandera (born 1960), Spanish actor * Quintín Bandera (–1906), military leader * Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), Ukrainian far-right militant and political leader * Vaitiare Bandera (born 1964), American actress Other uses * ''Bandera'' (moth), a genus of moth * Bandera News Philippines, Philippine media company * ''Inquirer Bandera'', a tabloid newspaper based in the Philippines * ''Bandera'', a military unit of the Spanish Legion of the Spanish Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Costa Rican Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, February 2, 2020, to elect all municipal offices in the country: mayors, aldermen, syndics (district council presidents), district councilors and the intendants of eight Local government in Costa Rica, special autonomous districts, together with their respective alternates in all cases (see local government in Costa Rica). These were the fifth direct elections, direct municipal elections since the amendment to the 1998 Municipal Code and the second to be held mid-term since the 2009 reform. In the newly founded Río Cuarto (canton), canton of Río Cuarto, the election of mayor and members of the City Council was held for the first time. As in previous elections the three main parties in number of mayors were the National Liberation Party (Costa Rica), National Liberation Party (PLN) with 42 (losing 8 mayors including the provincial capitals of Cartago (canton), Cartago and Liberia (canton), Liberia from the previous elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Generation Party (Costa Rica)
The New Generation Party () is a conservative political party in Costa Rica. The party was founded in 2012 in order to partake in the 2014 general election. In the 2014 election, its nominee was party's founder Sergio Mena, former councilor of Montes de Oca municipal council and president of this. Mena was also first in parliamentary list, but the party did not earn enough votes to enter Parliament and Mena himself received 1.2% of the presidential ticket. Yet, in the following 2016 mid-term municipal elections, the party won three cantons therefore electing three mayors and many councilors, and placed in fourth after some of Costa Rica's major parties like PLN, PAC and PUSC. Most of the party's candidates though were already well known political figures rejected by their original parties. It's currently under talks for a nation-wide multi-party coalition with different conservative parties. Ideology Originally having a more liberal approach in favor of such topics like c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandera Partido Nueva Generación Costa Rica
Bandera - from a Spanish word meaning - may refer to: Places * Bandera County, Texas, U.S. ** Bandera, Texas, its county seat *** Bandera High School ** Bandera Creek, a river, with its source near Bandera Pass ** Bandera Pass, a mountain pass * Bandera Mountain, Washington, U.S. * Bandera, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, a municipality and village * Bandera State Airport in King County, Washington, U.S. People * Alcides Bandera (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer * Andriy Bandera (1882–1941), chaplain and politician * Manuel Bandera (born 1960), Spanish actor * Quintín Bandera (–1906), military leader * Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), Ukrainian far-right militant and political leader * Vaitiare Bandera (born 1964), American actress Other uses * ''Bandera'' (moth), a genus of moth * Bandera News Philippines, Philippine media company * ''Inquirer Bandera'', a tabloid newspaper based in the Philippines * ''Bandera'', a military unit of the Spanish Legion of the Spanish Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Costa Rican Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 2016, in order to elect the mayors of the 81 Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons of the country plus a proportional number of aldermen (regidores) in each of the canton's municipal councils, a syndic for every district and members of the District Councils and a total of 8 Intendants for districts and islands located too far away from the administrative center. For the first time in history, election of aldermen was held at the same time as the other municipal offices. Until 2010 councilors were elected at the same time as the President of Costa Rica, President and deputies in the general elections but a reform in the Electoral Law made all municipal offices elected at the same time and in the middle of the presidential period. Also, because of this change in the legislation, the previous election was held for a one-time only 6 years period. Oppositional National Liberation Party (Costa Rica), National Liberation Party earned mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Costa Rican Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 December 2010. These were the third municipal elections in the history of the country and the last on be held in December of the same electoral year due to an electoral reform that turned municipal election to be held mid-term. Because of this the Electoral Supreme Court mandate the constitutional period of the newly elected authorities to last for 6 years for one unique time. The election was for mayors of the 81 cantons, syndics and district councilors for all the country's districts and 8 Intendants for 8 especial autonomous districts. Then ruling National Liberation Party was victorious retaining all but one of the mayorships it held before and 6 of the 7 provincial capitals (all except Liberia). The historical Social Christian Unity Party was the second largest municipal force as before and main opposition party Citizens' Action Party was the third largest unable to repeat its general success in presidential and legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Costa Rican Municipal Elections
The 2006 Costa Rica local elections were held on December 3, 2006. In the February 2006 general elections, Costa Rica elected president, vice-presidents, deputies of the Legislative Assembly and municipal councilors in the general elections. The December 2006 elections were held to elect cantonal mayors, members of the District Councils of each of the nation’s districts and intendants of eight special autonomous districts and islands. The ruling National Liberation Party won most of the seats and mayors with 59 as the seven provincial capitals. The main opposition party, Citizens' Action Party, was unsuccessful in keep the support it had in the presidential election. In the February 2006 elections, this party had almost tied the PLN. The Social Christian Unity Party become the second largest force at municipal level. Libertarian Movement achieved it first ever municipal government. Additionally, three local parties were successful in Curridabat, Aguirre and Siquirres. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
