Dota is a
canton in the
San José province of
Costa Rica
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.
The head city of the canton is
Santa María.
It is part of
Los Santos Zone
Los Santos Zone () is a mountainous region in the San José Province of Costa Rica, in the center-south of the country. It is also known in Spanish as or just .
It corresponds to a wide sector of a series of intermontane valleys composed by the ...
, together with
Tarrazú and
León Cortés Castro
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.
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 for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
Geography
Dota has an area of
and a mean elevation of .
The canton is delineated by the
Savegre River on the south and southeast, the Naranjo River on the west and the
Cordillera de Talamanca
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two ...
on the north and northeast.
Districts
The canton of Dota is subdivided into the following
districts
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:
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Santa María
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Jardín
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Copey
Demographics
Dota had an estimated inhabitants in 2022,
up from at the time of the
2011 census.
In 2022, Dota had a
Human Development Index
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of 0.660.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
Notes
References
Cantons of San José Province
Populated places in San José Province
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