Goicoechea (canton)

{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Cantón de Goicoechea|date=February 2024}} {{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Goicoechea |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Goicoechea canton location in San José Province##Goicoechea canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Goicoechea canton location in San José Province##Goicoechea canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.9560222|-83.984858|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera de Goicoechea.svg |image_seal = Escudo Cantón Goicoechea Costa Rica.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-point = none |map_alt = Goicoechea canton |map_caption = Goicoechea canton |image_skyline = |image_alt = |image_caption = |established_title = Creation |established_date = 6 August 1891<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 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008142102/https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |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 = [[Guadalupe District, Goicoechea|Guadalupe]] |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Goicoechea}} |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós ([[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]) |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[Guadalupe District, Goicoechea|Guadalupe]] |p2 = [[San Francisco District, Goicoechea|San Francisco]] |p3 = [[Calle Blancos District|Calle Blancos]] |p4 = [[Mata de Plátano District|Mata de Plátano]] |p5 = [[Ipís District|Ipís]] |p6 = [[Rancho Redondo District|Rancho Redondo]] |p7 = [[Purral District|Purral]] |area_total_km2 = 31.7 |elevation_m = 1364 |population_total = 115084 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 132104 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 108 |website = {{URL|https://www.munigoicoechea.com/}} }} '''Goicoechea''' is a [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the [[San José Province|San José province]] of [[Costa Rica]].<ref name="divadm">{{cite web |date=19 March 2019 |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&param2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063957/https://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607&param2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=26 September 2020 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |lang=es}}</ref><ref name="dta2017">{{cite book |url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf |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 |lang=es}}</ref>

== History == Goicoechea was created on 6 August 1891 by decree 66.<ref name="dta2017"/>

== 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |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, Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 25.34% of the votes, with Reina Irene Campos Jiménez and Valeria Fernández Castillo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.<ref name="2024alcdec">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |date=21 February 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+ Mayors 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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}</ref> !Period !Name !Party |- |[[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002–2006]] |Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|frameless|border|upright=.1]] [[Social Christian Unity Party|PUSC]] |- |[[2006 Costa Rican municipal elections|2006–2010]] | rowspan="2" |Óscar Figueroa Fieujeam | rowspan="5" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] |Ana Lucía Madrigal Faerron |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2024]] |Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |Fernando Miguel Chavarría Quirós |}

=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Goicoechea's Municipal Council has 9 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 current president of the Municipal Council is [[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] member Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli, with [[Social Christian Unity Party]] member Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez as vice president.<ref name="concmuni">{{Cite web |author=Municipalidad de Goicoechea |title=Concejo Municipal |trans-title=Municipal Council |url=https://munigoicoechea.go.cr/inicio/concejo-municipal/ |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref> The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024-2028 period is as follows:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin:auto;" |+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of Goicoechea after the [[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024 municipal elections]]<ref name="2024regdec">{{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 |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |[[File:Costa_Rica_Goicoechea_Concejo_Municipal_2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |'''Political parties in the Municipal Council of Goicoechea''' |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" | Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#14A54E" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Carmen María Martínez Barahona |Carolina Araúz Durán |- |Rafael Ángel Vargas Brenes |Christian Muñoz Rojas |----- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera Coalición Cambio Ciudadano Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |Citizen's Change Coalition (CCAC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F0455A" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Melissa Valdivia Zúñiga |Rosaura Castellón Navarro |- |Luis Carlos Barquero Araya |Sixto Araya Araya |----- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#074A91" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Carlos Luis Murillo Rodríguez<sup>(VP)</sup> |Emilio José Fallas Sandí |- |Grettel Virginia Amador Rojas |Marisol Campos Arias |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[United We Can]] (UP) | bgcolor="#823D8D" | |1 |William Fallas Bogarin |Alex Gerardo Zúñiga Muñoz |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Social Democratic Progress Party]] (PSD) | bgcolor="#999999" | |1 |María Lorena Ortíz Salazar |Gabriela Jiménez Araya |- |[[File:Flag of Frente Amplio (Costa Rica) 2013.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] (FA) | bgcolor="#F7E000" | |1 |Gloriana Diorela Carmona Seravalli<sup>(P)</sup> |Johanna Arlete Oviedo Mora |}

== Geography == Goicoechea has an area of {{cvt|31.7|km2}}<ref name="ignarea">{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=2024-06-20 |title=División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica |trans-title=Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica |url=https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf |access-date=2024-07-16 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref> and a mean elevation of {{cvt|1364|m}}.<ref name="divadm"/>

The elongated canton curves its way through the suburban areas just north of [[San José (canton)|San José]], climbing steadily into the {{lang|es|[[Cordillera Central (Costa Rica)|Cordillera Central]]}} (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Durazno River (on its northern boundary) and the Tiribí River (on the south).

== Districts == The canton of Goicoechea is subdivided into the following [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]: # [[Guadalupe, Costa Rica|Guadalupe]] # [[San Francisco District, Goicoechea|San Francisco]] # [[Calle Blancos]] # [[Mata de Plátano District|Mata de Plátano]] # [[Ipís]] # [[Rancho Redondo]] # [[Purral]]

== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Goicoechea was estimated to have a population of {{Formatnum:132104}} in 2022, up from {{formatnum:115084}} at the time of the [[2011 Costa Rican census|2011 census]].<ref name="2022popest">{{Cite web |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |author-link=National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica |date=2023 |title=Resultados Estimacion de Poblacion y Vivienda 2022 |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate Results |url=https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604233425/https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |archive-date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-04-21 |language=es |format=XLSX}}</ref><ref name="censo2011">{{cite web |lang=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>

According to a publication by the [[United Nations Development Programme]], Goicoechea has a [[Human Development Index]] score of {{formatnum:0.758}}, ranking it 10th in its province.<ref>{{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 |access-date=21 July 2024}}</ref>

== Transportation == === Road transportation === The canton is covered by the following road routes: {{columns-list| *[[File:CR RNP 32.svg|25px]] [[National Route 32 (Costa Rica)|National Route 32]] *[[File:CR RNP 39.svg|25px]] [[National Route 39 (Costa Rica)|National Route 39]] *[[File:CR RNS 100.svg|25px]] [[National Route 100 (Costa Rica)|National Route 100]] *[[File:CR RNS 108.svg|25px]] [[National Route 108 (Costa Rica)|National Route 108]] *[[File:CR RNS 109.svg|25px]] [[National Route 109 (Costa Rica)|National Route 109]] *[[File:CR RNS 200.svg|25px]] [[National Route 200 (Costa Rica)|National Route 200]] *[[File:CR RNS 201.svg|25px]] [[National Route 201 (Costa Rica)|National Route 201]] *[[File:CR RNS 205.svg|25px]] [[National Route 205 (Costa Rica)|National Route 205]] *[[File:CR RNS 216.svg|25px]] [[National Route 216 (Costa Rica)|National Route 216]] *[[File:CR RNS 218.svg|25px]] [[National Route 218 (Costa Rica)|National Route 218]] }}

=== Rail transportation === The [[Interurbano Line (Costa Rica)|Interurbano Line]] operated by [[Incofer]] goes through this canton.

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Cantons of San José Province]] [[Category:Populated places in San José Province]] [[Category:1891 establishments in Costa Rica]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1891]]