{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Dota |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Dota canton location in San José Province##Dota canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Dota canton location in San José Province##Dota canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.5847517|-83.8736707|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera Canton de Dota.svg |image_seal = Escudo del Cantón de Dota.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-point = none |map_alt = Dota canton |map_caption = Dota canton |image_skyline = Iglesia Santa Maria. Dota. Costa Rica (1).jpg |image_alt = Santa María de Dota Church |image_caption = Santa María de Dota Church |established_title = Creation |established_date = 23 July 1925 |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 = [[Santa María District, Dota|Santa María]] |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Adrián Cordero Cordero ([[Social Christian Unity Party|PUSC]]) |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Dota}} |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[Santa María District, Dota|Santa María]] |p2 = [[Jardín District|Jardín]] |p3 = [[Copey District|Copey]] |area_total_km2 = 404.44 |elevation_m = 1874 |population_total = 6948 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 9364 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 117 |website = {{URL|https://www.dota.go.cr}} }} '''Dota''' is a [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the [[San José Province|San José]] province of [[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 [[Santa María District, Dota|Santa María]].
It is part of [[Los Santos Zone]], together with [[Tarrazú (canton)|Tarrazú]] and [[León Cortés (canton)|León Cortés Castro]].
== History == Dota was created on 23 July 1925 by decree 80.<ref name="dta2017"/><ref name="crevoterritorial">{{cite book |last1=Hernández |first1=Hermógenes |title=Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=San José |isbn=9977-64-243-5 |pages=164–173 |edition=1 |url=https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
== 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 [[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.<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 Dota 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]] |Mario Enrique Ureña Rojas | rowspan="5" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |- |[[2006 Costa Rican municipal elections|2006–2010]] |José Valverde Monge |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] | rowspan="3" |Leonardo Chacón Porras{{Efn|Also legally named Eduardo Chacón Porras.}} |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2024]] |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |Adrián Cordero Cordero |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[Social Christian Unity Party|PUSC]] |}
=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) 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 ({{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 Dota 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 Dota Concejo Municipal 2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |'''Political parties in the Municipal Council of Dota''' |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" |Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="4" |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|border|frameless|upright=.2]] | rowspan="4" |[[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC) | rowspan="4" bgcolor="#074A91" | | rowspan="4" |4 |Ana Vanessa Mata Cordero |Ivonne Fallas Fallas |- |Ronald Alberto Calderón Valverde |Enrique Jiménez Hernández{{Efn|Also legally named Henry Jiménez Hernández.}} |- |Johanna Patricia Solano Montero |Ana Fiorina Retana Rojas |----- |Rolando Fonseca Brenes |Edwin Alexander Valverde Elizondo |- |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.2]] |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | bgcolor="#00AB4E" | |1 |Johanna Chanto Vargas |Leda Roxana Ureña Brenes |}
== Geography == Dota has an area of {{cvt|404.44|km2}}<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> and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1874|m}}.<ref name="divadm"/>
The canton is delineated by the [[Savegre River]] on the south and southeast, the Naranjo River on the west and the [[Cordillera de Talamanca]] on the north and northeast.
== Districts == The canton of Dota is subdivided into the following [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]: # [[Santa María District, Dota|Santa María]] # [[Jardín District|Jardín]] # [[Copey District|Copey]]
== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Dota had an estimated {{formatnum:9364}} inhabitants in 2022,<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> up from {{formatnum:6948}} at the time of the [[Costa Rica 2011 Census|2011 census]].<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>
In 2022, Dota had a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.660.<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: {{columns-list| *[[File:CR RNP 2.svg|25px]] [[National Route 2 (Costa Rica)|National Route 2]] *[[File:CR RNS 226.svg|25px]] [[National Route 226 (Costa Rica)|National Route 226]] *[[File:CR RNT 315.svg|25px]] [[National Route 315 (Costa Rica)|National Route 315]] }}
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}} {{Provinces of Costa Rica}}
[[Category:Cantons of San José Province]] [[Category:Populated places in San José Province]] [[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]
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