{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Expand Spanish|1=Cantón de Acosta|date=September 2024|topic=geo}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Acosta |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Acosta canton location in San José Province##Acosta canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Acosta canton location in San José Province##Acosta canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.7415933|-84.2366847|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera de Acosta (Costa Rica).svg |image_seal = Escudo del cantón de Acosta.svg | mapframe = yes |map_alt = Acosta canton |map_caption = Acosta canton |image_skyline = |image_alt = |image_caption = |established_title = Creation |established_date = 27 October 1910 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{CRI}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[San José Province|San José]] |seat_type = Head city |seat = [[San Ignacio District, Acosta|San Ignacio]] |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Acosta}} |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós ([[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]) |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[San Ignacio District, Acosta|San Ignacio]] |p2 = [[Guaitil District|Guaitil]] |p3 = [[Palmichal District|Palmichal]] |p4 = [[Cangrejal District|Cangrejal]] |p5 = [[Sabanillas District|Sabanillas]] |area_total_km2 = 342.56 |elevation_m = 1009 |population_total = 20209 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 22542 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 112 |website = {{URL|https://www.acosta.go.cr/}} }} '''Acosta''' is the twelfth [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the province of [[San José Province|San José]] in [[Costa Rica]].<ref name="divadm">{{cite web |language=es |title=Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="dta2017">{{cite book |language=es |title=División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica|date=8 March 2017|publisher=Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional|isbn=978-9977-58-477-5|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf}}</ref> The head city of the canton is [[San Ignacio District, Acosta|San Ignacio]].
== History == Acosta was created on 27 October 1910 by decree 24.<ref name="dta2017"/>
== Geography == Acosta has an area of {{cvt|342.56|km2}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1009|m}}.<ref name="ignarea">{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=20 June 2024 |title=División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 |trans-title=Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 |url=https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="divadm"/>
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 [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipal Code]], mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.<ref name="codmuni">{{Cite web |author=Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica |author-link=Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica |date=13 May 2024 |title=Código Municipal |trans-title=Municipal Code |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?nValor1=1&nValor2=40197 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |language=es}}</ref> As of the latest [[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|municipal elections in 2024]], the [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|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.<ref name="2024alcdec2">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |date=8 March 2024 |title=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. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/1658-E11-2024.html |language=es}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+ Mayors of Acosta since the [[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002 elections]]<ref name="decs">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |title=Resoluciones declaratorias de elección |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/declaratorias.htm |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}</ref> !Period !Name !Party |- |[[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002–2006]] | rowspan="2" |Ronald Ricardo Durán Gamboa | rowspan="3" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |- |[[2006 Costa Rican municipal elections|2006–2010]] |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] |Luis Alberto Durán Gamboa |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] | rowspan="2" |Norman Eduardo Hidalgo Gamboa | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera Partido Acción Ciudadana Costa Rica.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)|PAC]] |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2024]] |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |}
=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|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 ({{Lang|es|regidor propietario}}) is absent.<ref name="codmuni"/> The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin:auto;" |+ Composition of the Municipal Council of Acosta after the [[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024 municipal elections]]<ref name="2024regdec2">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica |date=12 February 2024 |title=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. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2218-E11-2024.html |language=es}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |[[File:Costa Rica Acosta Concejo Municipal 2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Acosta |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" |Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00A94F" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Olga Vargas Sánchez{{Efn|Also legally named Alba Vargas Sánchez.}} |Seidy Lucía Chinchilla Garro |- |Fermin Carrillo Palma |Antonio Chinchilla Vindas |----- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|border|frameless|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#104B90" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Christian Javier Arias Hidalgo |Sergio Manuel Ramírez Azofeifa |- |Julissa Castro Murcia |Roxana Sánchez Prado |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg|border|frameless|upright=.2]] |[[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|Progressive Liberal Party]] (PLP) | bgcolor="#FE6900" | |1 |Fabio Mauricio Arias Prado |Eddy Calderón Jiménez |}
== Districts == The canton of Acosta is subdivided into the following [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]: # [[San Ignacio District, Acosta|San Ignacio]] # [[Guaitil District|Guaitil]] # [[Palmichal District|Palmichal]] # [[Cangrejal District|Cangrejal]] # [[Sabanillas District|Sabanillas]]
== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Acosta had an estimated population of {{formatnum:22542}} people in 2022, up from {{formatnum:20209}} at the time of the [[Costa Rica 2011 Census|2011 census]].<ref name="2022popest">{{Cite book |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |author-link=National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica |url=https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-10/rePoblacResultadosGenerales_Estimacion_poblacion_vivienda_2022_0.pdf |title=Estimación de Población y Vivienda 2022 : Resultados Generales |date=July 2023 |isbn=9789930525753 |language=es |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results}}</ref><ref name="censo2011">{{cite web |language=es |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
Acosta had a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.731 in 2022.<ref name="2022hdi">{{Cite web |author=Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado |author2=Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica |author-link2=University of Costa Rica |author3=Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo |author-link3=United Nations Development Programme |date=9 June 2023 |title=Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022 |url=https://www.undp.org/es/costa-rica/publicaciones/atlas-de-desarrollo-humano-cantonal-2022/}}</ref>
== Transportation == === Road transportation === The canton is covered by the following road routes: *[[File:CR RNS 209.svg|25px]] [[National Route 209 (Costa Rica)|National Route 209]] *[[File:CR RNT 301.svg|25px]] [[National Route 301 (Costa Rica)|National Route 301]]
== Notas == {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.maplandia.com/costa-rica/san-jose/acosta/ "Acosta Google Satellite Map"] Maplandia
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