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Acosta
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Coordinates: 9°44′30″N 84°14′12″W / 9.7415933°N 84.2366847°W / 9.7415933; -84.2366847
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Creation	27 October 1910
Head city	San Ignacio
Districts	Districts San Ignacio Guaitil Palmichal Cangrejal Sabanillas
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Acosta
• Mayor	Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós (PLN)
Area
• Total	342.56 km (132.26 sq mi)
Elevation	1,009 m (3,310 ft)
Population
• Total	20,209
• Estimate	22,542
• Density	59/km (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	112
Website	www.acosta.go.cr

Acosta is the twelfth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Ignacio.

History

Acosta was created on 27 October 1910 by decree 24.

Geography

Acosta has an area of 342.56 km (132.26 sq mi) and a mean elevation of 1,009 m (3,310 ft).

The mountainous canton begins in the Cerros de Escazú on the far western edge of the San José Metropolitan Area. It continues west and south between the Negro River on the north and the Jorco River on the east to encompass a large portion of the Coastal Mountain Range, ending at the border of Puntarenas Province near the Pacific coast in Parrita Canton.

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, Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 41.92% of the votes, with Tania Granados Borbón and Marianela Arias Elizondo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.

Mayors of Acosta since the 2002 elections

Period	Name	Party
2002–2006	Rónald Ricardo Durán Gamboa	PLN
2006–2010
2010–2016	Luis Alberto Durán Gamboa
2016–2020	Norman Eduardo Hidalgo Gamboa	PAC
2020–2024
2024–2028	Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós	PLN

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Acosta's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

Composition of the Municipal Council of Acosta after the 2024 municipal elections

Political parties in the Municipal Council of Acosta
Political party			Regidores
			№	Owner	Substitute
	National Liberation Party (PLN)		2	Olga Vargas Sánchez	Seidy Lucía Chinchilla Garro
				Fermin Carrillo Palma	Antonio Chinchilla Vindas
	Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)		2	Christian Javier Arias Hidalgo	Sergio Manuel Ramírez Azofeifa
				Julissa Castro Murcia	Roxana Sánchez Prado
	Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)		1	Fabio Mauricio Arias Prado	Eddy Calderón Jiménez

Districts

The canton of Acosta is subdivided into the following districts:

1. San Ignacio
2. Guaitil
3. Palmichal
4. Cangrejal
5. Sabanillas

Demographics

Acosta had an estimated population of 22,542 people in 2022, up from 20,209 at the time of the 2011 census.

Acosta had a Human Development Index of 0.731 in 2022.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 209
• National Route 301

Notas

1. Also legally named Alba Vargas Sánchez.

References

1. ^ "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
3. Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (20 June 2024). "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024] (PDF) (in Spanish).
4. ^ Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish).
5. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (8 March 2024). "N.° 1658-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish).
6. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish).
7. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (12 February 2024). "N.° 2218-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish).
8. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
9. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
10. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (July 2023). Estimación de Población y Vivienda 2022 : Resultados Generales [2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results] (PDF) (in Spanish). ISBN 9789930525753.
11. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
12. Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022".

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