Puriscal (canton)
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Puriscal | |
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 Puriscal canton | |
  Puriscal Puriscal canton location in San José Province  Puriscal Puriscal canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°43′59″N 84°22′21″W / 9.7330278°N 84.3726231°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Creation | 26 June 1914 |
| Head city | Santiago |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Puriscal |
| • Mayor | Iris Cristina Arroyo Hererra (PLN) |
| Area | |
• Total | 555.02 km2 (214.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 945 m (3,100 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 33,004 |
• Estimate (2022) | 38,525 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 104 |
| Website | puriscal |
Puriscal is the 4th canton in the province of San José, Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city of the canton is Santiago.
Toponymy
[edit]In Spanish, a purisco is the flower of the common bean. A puriscal is a field of flowering beans.
History
[edit]Puriscal canton was established by decree on 7 August 1868.[3]
Geography
[edit]Puriscal has an area of 555.02 km2 (214.29 sq mi)[4] and a mean elevation of 945 m (3,100 ft).[1]
Chucás River delineates the canton's northernmost boundary, while the Chires River marks its far southern border, with the canton of Parrita in Puntarenas Province. Puriscal includes a significant portion of the Coastal Mountain Range. However, the canton is landlocked.
Government
[edit]Mayor
[edit]According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Iris Cristina Arroyo Herrera, was elected mayor of the canton with 60.39% of the votes, with Miguel Ángel Mata Zúñiga and David Alonso Carrera Herrera as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[6]
| Period | Name | Party |
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| 2002–2006 | Carlos Araya Jiménez |  PLN
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| 2006–2010 | Jorge Luis Chaves Gutiérrez | |
| 2010–2016 | Manuel Espinoza Campos | |
| 2016–2020 | Luis Madrigal Hidalgo |  PUSC
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| 2020–2024 | Iris Cristina Arroyo Herrera | PLN
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| 2024–2028 |
Municipal Council
[edit]Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Puriscal's Municipal Council has 7 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent.[5] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
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| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Puriscal | |||||
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| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
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National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Santiago Castro Fallas | Giovanni Mora Rodríguez | |
| Mireya Mora Jiménez | Mariangel Mora Herrera | ||||
| José Pablo Fernández Soto | Mario Chacón Rubí | ||||
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Puriscal on the Move (PM) | 1 | Orlando Fernández Fernández | Michael Hernán Fernández Guerrero | |
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Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 1 | Gloriana Bermúdez Durán | Priscilla Vanessa Aguilar Jiménez | |
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1883 | 1,942 | — |
| 1892 | 6,845 | +15.02% |
| 1927 | 13,329 | +1.92% |
| 1950 | 16,743 | +1.00% |
| 1963 | 23,690 | +2.71% |
| 1973 | 24,150 | +0.19% |
| 1984 | 23,123 | −0.39% |
| 2000 | 29,407 | +1.51% |
| 2011 | 33,004 | +1.05% |
| 2022 | 38,525 | +1.42% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[9] Centro Centroamericano de Población[10] | ||
Puriscal had an estimated population of 38,525 people in 2022, up from 33,004 at the time of the 2011 census.[11][12]
Puriscal had a Human Development Index of 0.755 in 2022.[13]
Only 18% of the canton's population live in urban areas. Among its inhabitants, 20.2% are under ten, and 7.4% are over 65.
Districts
[edit]The canton of Puriscal is subdivided into the following districts:
Transportation
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The following road routes cover the canton:
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (20 June 2024). "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica] (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish).
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (21 February 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). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ 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). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
- ^ 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. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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". Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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