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List Of Mayors In Costa Rica
This is a list of mayors in Costa Rica. See also * Local government in Costa Rica References {{Reflist Mayors Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ... Costa Rica, mayors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Costa Rica
According to Article 168 of the Constitution of Costa Rica, the political divisions are officially classified into three tiers of sub-national entities. Overview The Constitution of Costa Rica states, ''"For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts."'' The country consists of seven provinces (''provincias''), 84 Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons (''cantones''), and 489 Districts of Costa Rica, districts (''distritos''). List of provinces See also *ISO 3166-2:CR *Cantons of Costa Rica *Districts of Costa Rica *List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index References External links Provinces of Costa Rica, Subdivisions of Costa Rica Lists of administrative divisions, Costa Rica Administrative divisions in North America, Costa Rica 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Provinces, Costa Rica Costa Rica geography-related lists {{CostaRica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escudo Del Cantón De Puriscal
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goicoechea Canton
Goicoechea is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. History Goicoechea was created on 6 August 1891 by decree 66. 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 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. Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) 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 () is absent. The current president of the Municipal Council is Broad Front member Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli, with Social Christian Unity Party membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escudo Cantón Goicoechea Costa Rica
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...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] |
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] |
Escudo Del Cantón De Mora
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aserrí (canton)
Aserrí is the sixth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the San José Province, San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is the homonymous Aserrí District, Aserrí. Name Aserrí takes its name from a Huetar people, Huetar tribe, also called the Accerri. Geography Aserrí has an area of and a mean elevation of . The mountainous canton is delineated on the north by the Poás River. It encompasses a narrow strip of land that traverses the Coastal Mountain Range before reaching the lowlands of Puntarenas Province, bordering the canton of Parrita Canton, Parrita. 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 National Liberation Party (Costa Rica), National Liberation Party candidate, Patricia Mayela Porras Segura, was elected mayor of the canton with 23.75 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escudo Del Cantón De Aserrí
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrazú (canton)
Tarrazú is the fifth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Marcos. It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Dota and León Cortés Castro. History The canton was established by a legislative decree of 7 August 1868. It was part of the Desamparados canton by that time. 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 candidate, Fernando Portuguez Parra, was elected mayor of the canton with 50.15% of the votes, with Marjorie Castro Barrantes and Alejandro Javier Bonilla Herrera 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. Tarrazú's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escudo Tarrazú
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
