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Costa Rica 2011 Census
The 2011 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (''Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos'' (INEC)) in Costa Rica. The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998. The census The census took place between Monday, 30 May 2011 and Friday, 3 June 2011 when 35,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, visited an estimated 1,300,000 households to count a population estimated before the census at about 4,650,000 individuals (the census itself counted 4,301,712 people).Semana del Censo Nacional: INEC pide a la población responder el Censo Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Costa Rica, 2011-05-31. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rican Census Form 2011
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Santa Ana (canton)
Santa Ana (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Cantón de Santa Ana'') is the ninth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the San José Province, San José province of Costa Rica. It is located in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley. It borders with the Alajuela (canton), Alajuela canton to the north, the Mora (canton), Mora canton to the south and west, the Escazú (canton), Escazú canton to the east, as well as the Belén (canton), Belén canton to the north east. As of 2022, the canton has the highest Human Development Index of any region in Costa Rica with a score of 0.871. Toponymy The first mention of the name appears in the Protocols of Cartago, Costa Rica, Cartago on December 1, 1658, when part of the land which now conforms the canton became property of José de Alvarado and Petronilla de Retes after their marriage. The name of the lands comes from the original owner, Jerónimo de Retes y López de Ortega, father of Petronilla. Ortega was seeded the land in the 17th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grecia (canton)
Grecia is a Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the Alajuela Province, Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Toponymy It is named after the country of Name of Greece, Greece. History Grecia was created on 27 July 1867 by decree 20. Geography Grecia has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The canton lies among ridges and valleys on the southwestern slope of Poas Volcano. One area was completely separated from the remainder of the canton by the Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). Known as Río Cuarto (canton), Río Cuarto, this area lies on the Caribbean Plain, it was a district of Grecia, but became a canton in 2018. The Poás River and the Prendes River establish a large portion of the eastern border of the elongated canton, with the Sarchí River serving the same purpose on its western edge. The Grande River is the southern border. Districts The canton of Grecia is subdivided into the following Districts of Costa Rica, dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Ramón (canton)
San Ramón is a Cantons of Costa Rica, canton (administrative district, similar to "County") in the Alajuela Province, Alajuela province of Costa Rica. The head city is in San Ramón District, San Ramón, San Ramón district. History San Ramón was created on 21 August 1856 by decree 17. Geography San Ramón has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste Province, Guanacaste to the west. Districts The canton of San Ramón is subdivided into the following Districts of Costa Rica, districts: # San Ramón District, San Ramón, San Ramón # Santiago District, San Ramón, Santiago # San Juan District, San Ramón, San Juan # Piedades Norte District, Piedades Norte # Piedades Sur District, Piedades Sur # San Rafael D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alajuela (canton)
Alajuela is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Its head city is the provincial capital city of Alajuela. History Alajuela was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167. Geography Alajuela has an area of and a mean elevation of . Northward from the city of Alajuela, the canton continues along the border with the province of Heredia to its east, encompassing a strip of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) between Poas Volcano and Barva Volcano. On the Caribbean side of the mountains, the canton takes in a portion of the Sarapiquí area. The Río Poás (Poas River) forms the major portion of the canton's western border, finally giving way to the Río Poasito as the territory ascends into the Cordillera Central. Southwest of the city of Alajuela, the canton of Alajuela ends at the confluence of the Río Grande (Great River) and the Río Virilla (Virilla River). Government Mayor According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León Cortés Castro (canton)
León Cortés Castro is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Pablo. It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Dota and Tarrazú. Toponymy It is named in honor of former President León Cortés Castro of Costa Rica. History León Cortés Castro was created on 12 June 1962 by decree 11. The Supreme Elections Tribunal of Costa Rica in a resolution of March 29, 1962, proclaimed the results of a plebiscite in the previous month that created the canton. An executive decree on June 12 delineated the portions of the surrounding cantons of Aserrí, Tarrazú, Dota and Desamparados that were to be included in the new canton. Geography León Cortés Castro has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The Delicias creek and the Pirrís river form major portions of the western and southern boundary, and the Tarrazú river establishes the northern and eastern limits of the canton. Districts The canton of León Cortés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pérez Zeledón (canton)
Pérez Zeledón is the nineteenth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the province of San José Province, San José in Costa Rica, located in the Brunca, Brunca Region. It ranks as the sixth-most populous canton in the country and is the 7th largest by area. The capital city of the canton is San Isidro de El General. The Río Savegre establishes the canton's boundaries on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south. History Pérez Zeledón was created on 9 October 1931 by decree 31. Originally with four initial districts: Ureña, El General, Daniel Flores, and Rivas, with Ureña being the capital. Early Costa Rican Settlements Near the end of the 19th century, between 1870 and 1899, quite a few familie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curridabat (canton)
Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. 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. History Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209. Government In 1930, the canton had a municipality with three , a mayor () and a ''political chief'' (; both charges were held by same person). At this time, the canton's population was of people. As the population grew, the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, provide public road maintenance, and build infrastructure. The municipality Council was later expanded to five members by popular election in 1970. Mayor According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the 21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI) candidate, Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños, was elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dota (canton)
Dota is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is Santa María. It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Tarrazú and León Cortés Castro. History Dota was created on 23 July 1925 by decree 80. Government Mayor According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. 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. Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) 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 () is absent. The Municipal Council's composition fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montes De Oca (canton)
Montes de Oca is a Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the San José Province, San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Pedro District, Montes de Oca, San Pedro. Toponymy Its name honors a former congressional representative from the area, Don Faustino Montes de Oca (1859–1902). History Montes de Oca was created on 1 August 1915 by decree 45. 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 Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) candidate, Domingo Arguello García, was elected mayor of the canton with 25.56% of the votes, with Haydee Castillo Castro and Andrés Vesalio Guzmán Gómez as first and second vice mayors, respectively. Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) are elected every four years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravia (canton)
Moravia is the fourteenth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the San José Province, San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Vicente District, Moravia, San Vicente. Toponymy It is named in honour of List of Presidents of Costa Rica, President Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814 – 1860). Since there was already a canton called Mora (canton), Mora, this one was named Moravia. History Moravia was created on 1 August 1914 by decree 55. Law No. 55 established Villa San Vicente on 1 August 1914. The first session of the Council of Moravia was held on 19 January 1915, and the first electric street lighting was installed in the same year. Law No. 3248 gave the town of San Vicente city status on 6 December 1963. Geography Moravia has an area of and a mean elevation of . The elongated canton begins in the northern suburbs of the national capital city of San José, Costa Rica, San José and continues northeast toward the Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Cordil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibás (canton)
Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Juan. History Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31. It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be the capital of the country, at least according to ex-president Braulio Carrillo, this is the reason the town was originally designed with such a neat array of perfectly aligned blocks, cut by the streets running from North to South and the avenues from East to West. Geography Tibás has an area of and a mean elevation of . The canton forms a northern suburb of the national capital city of San José. It is triangular in shape, with the Virilla River as its northern boundary. The Quebrada Rivera, a canyon, establishes the southwestern limit of the canton and also a portion of the southeastern boundary. Government Mayor According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
