{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|date=August 2024|Cantón de Mora}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Mora |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Mora canton location in San José Province##Mora canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Mora canton location in San José Province##Mora canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.8724731|-84.2801252|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera Mora.svg |image_seal = Escudo del cantón de Mora.svg |image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Mora canton}} |map_alt = Mora canton |map_caption = Mora canton |image_skyline = Ciudad Colon Costa Rica april 2016, aerial image.jpg |image_alt = Ciudad Colón, aerial view |image_caption = Ciudad Colón, aerial view |established_title = Creation |established_date = 25 May 1883 |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 = [[Colón, Costa Rica|Colón]] |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Mora}} |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante ([[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|PLP]]) |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[Colón, Costa Rica|Colón]] |p2 = [[Guayabo District|Guayabo]] |p3 = [[Tabarcia District|Tabarcia]] |p4 = [[Piedras Negras District|Piedras Negras]] |p5 = [[Picagres District|Picagres]] |p6 = [[Jaris District|Jaris]] |p7 = [[Quitirrisí District|Quitirrisí]] |area_total_km2 = 163.47 |elevation_m = 807 |population_total = 26294 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 32348 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 107 |website = {{URL|https://mora.go.cr/ }} }} '''Mora''' is the seventh [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the [[San José Province|San José]] province of [[Costa Rica]].<ref name="divadm">{{cite web |lang=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 |lang=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> Its head city is [[Colón, Costa Rica|Colón]].
==Toponymy== Originally designated as Pacaca, a [[cacique]] name, the canton's name was changed to Mora in honor of [[Juan Rafael Mora Porras]] (1814-1860), the second President of Costa Rica.
==History== The canton of Pacaca was established by a decree of 25 May 1883.<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>
== 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 [[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|Progressive Liberal Party]] candidate, Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante, was elected mayor of the canton with 44.73% of the votes, with Ariun Zaya Cabal Lombodorzh{{Efn|Also legally named Ariuna Zaya Cabal Lombodorzh.}} and Maynor Guevara Mora 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=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=10 August 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+ Mayors of Mora 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=10 August 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}</ref> !Period !Name !Party |- |[[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002–2006]] |Alcides Ovidio Araya Campos | 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]] | rowspan="3" |Gilberto Monge Pizarro |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera Partido Nueva Generación Costa Rica.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[New Generation Party (Costa Rica)|PNG]] |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2024]] | rowspan="2" |Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |[[File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|PLP]] |}
=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Mora'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 current president of the Municipal Council is the United For Development Party member María Picado Ovares.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Municipalidad de Mora |date=26 June 2024 |title=Sesión Ordinaria N°. 08-2024 |url=https://municipalidaddemora-my.sharepoint.com/personal/esibaja_mora_go_cr/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fesibaja%5Fmora%5Fgo%5Fcr%2FDocuments%2FPublico%2FActas%20del%20Concejo%2F2024%2F07%2E%20Julio%2FSesi%C3%B3n%20Ordinaria%20N%C2%B0%2E%2008%2D2024%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fesibaja%5Fmora%5Fgo%5Fcr%2FDocuments%2FPublico%2FActas%20del%20Concejo%2F2024%2F07%2E%20Julio |access-date=10 August 2024}}</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 Mora 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 |access-date=10 August 2024 |language=es}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |[[File:Costa Rica Mora Concejo Municipal 2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |Political parties in the Municipal Council of Mora |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" | Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|Progressive Liberal Party]] (PLP) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FE6900" | | rowspan="2" |2 |Joarline de los Ángeles Mata Mata |Marianeth de los Ángeles Zamora Acuña |- |José Antonio Varela Monge |Mario Gerardo Villalobos Ramírez |- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera Partido Unidos para el Desarrollo Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |United For Development Party (PUEDE) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#222222" | | rowspan="2" |2 |María Picado Ovares<sup>(P)</sup> |Rose Mary Sánchez Pérez |- |Emmanuel Ferrer Venegas |Juan Gabriel Vásquez Solís |- |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | bgcolor="#008800" | |1 |Xinia María Vargas Vargas |Alexa Silva Varela |}
== Geography == Mora has an area of {{cvt|163.47|km2}} and a mean elevation of {{cvt|807|m}}.<ref name="ignarea">{{Cite web |author=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=20 June 2024 |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 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="divadm"/>
The Virilla River establishes the northern boundary of the canton, with the [[Grande de Tárcoles River]] delineating its far western limit. The Chucás, Quebrada Grande, Viejo and Tabarcia rivers mark the canton's western boundary; the Jorco, Tabarcia and Negro rivers, the southern boundary; and a series of foothills rising into the [[Cerros de Escazú]] delineate the canton's eastern border.
==Districts== The canton of Mora is subdivided into seven [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]: # [[Colón, Costa Rica|Colón]] # [[Guayabo District|Guayabo]] # [[Tabarcia District|Tabarcia]] # [[Piedras Negras District|Piedras Negras]] # [[Picagres District|Picagres]] # [[Jaris District|Jaris]] # [[Quitirrisí]]
== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Mora had an estimated population of {{formatnum:32348}} people in 2022, up from {{formatnum:26294}} at the time of [[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 |access-date=10 August 2024 |isbn=9789930525753 |language=es |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results}}</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>
Mora had a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.801 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/ |access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref>
== Transportation == === Road transportation === The canton is covered by the following road routes: {{columns-list| *[[File:CR RNP 22.svg|25px]] [[National Route 22 (Costa Rica)|National Route 22]] *[[File:CR RNS 121.svg|25px]] [[National Route 121 (Costa Rica)|National Route 121]] *[[File:CR RNS 136.svg|25px]] [[National Route 136 (Costa Rica)|National Route 136]] *[[File:CR RNS 209.svg|25px]] [[National Route 209 (Costa Rica)|National Route 209]] *[[File:CR RNS 239.svg|25px]] [[National Route 239 (Costa Rica)|National Route 239]] *[[File:CR RNT 316.svg|25px]] [[National Route 316 (Costa Rica)|National Route 316]] }}
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== <references/>
{{Provinces and cantons of Costa Rica}}
[[Category:Cantons of San José Province]]