{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Expand Spanish|Cantón de Puriscal|date=August 2024|topic=geo}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Puriscal |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Puriscal canton location in San José Province##Puriscal canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Puriscal canton location in San José Province##Puriscal canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.7330278|-84.3726231|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera Cantón Puriscal, San José, Costa Rica.svg |image_seal = Escudo del cantón de Puriscal.svg |image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Puriscal canton}} |map_alt = Puriscal canton |map_caption = Puriscal canton |image_skyline = |image_alt = |image_caption = |established_title = Creation |established_date = 26 June 1914 |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 = [[Santiago District, Puriscal|Santiago]] |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Puriscal}} |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Iris Cristina Arroyo Hererra ([[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]]) |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[Santiago District, Puriscal|Santiago]] |p2 = [[Mercedes Sur District|Mercedes Sur]] |p3 = [[Barbacoas District|Barbacoas]] |p4 = [[Grifo Alto District|Grifo Alto]] |p5 = [[San Rafael District, Puriscal|San Rafael]] |p6 = [[Candelarita District|Candelarita]] |p7 = [[Desamparaditos District|Desamparaditos]] |p8 = [[San Antonio District, Puriscal|San Antonio]] |p9 = [[Chires District|Chires]] |area_total_km2 = 555.02 |elevation_m = 945 |population_total = 33004 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 38525 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 104 |website = {{URL|https://puriscal.go.cr/ }} }} '''Puriscal''' is the 4th [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the province of [[San José Province|San José]], [[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 [[Santiago District, Puriscal|Santiago]].
==Toponymy== In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], a {{lang|es|purisco}} is the flower of the [[common bean]]. A {{lang|es|puriscal}} is a field of flowering beans.
==History== Puriscal canton was established by decree on 7 August, 1868.<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>
== Geography == Puriscal has an area of {{cvt|555.02|km2}}<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> and a mean elevation of {{cvt|945|m}}.<ref name="divadm"/>
Chucás River delineates the canton's northernmost boundary, while the Chires River marks its far southern border, with the canton of [[Parrita Canton|Parrita]] in [[Puntarenas Province]]. Puriscal includes a significant portion of the Coastal Mountain Range. However, the canton is landlocked.
== 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, 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.<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=9 August 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+ Mayors of Puriscal 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=9 August 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}</ref> !Period !Name !Party |- |[[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002–2006]] |Carlos Araya Jiménez | 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]] |Jorge Luis Chaves Gutiérrez |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] |Manuel Espinoza Campos |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] |Luis Madrigal Hidalgo |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[Social Christian Unity Party|PUSC]] |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2024]] | rowspan="2" |Iris Cristina Arroyo Herrera | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|border|frameless|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |}
=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|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 ({{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;" |+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of Puriscal 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=9 August 2024 |language=es}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |[[File:Costa Rica Puriscal Concejo Municipal 2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |'''Political parties in the Municipal Council of Puriscal''' |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" | Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="3" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="3" |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | rowspan="3" bgcolor="#008800" | | rowspan="3" |3 |Santiago Castro Fallas |Giovanni Mora Rodríguez |- |Mireya Mora Jiménez |Mariangel Mora Herrera |- |José Pablo Fernández Soto |Mario Chacón Rubí |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Puriscal en Marcha Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |Puriscal on the Move (PM) | bgcolor="#008DB8" | |1 |Orlando Fernández Fernández |Michael Hernán Fernández Guerrero |- |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC) | bgcolor="#C42026" | |1 |Gloriana Bermúdez Durán |Priscilla Vanessa Aguilar Jiménez |}
== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Puriscal had an estimated population of {{formatnum:38525}} people in 2022, up from {{formatnum:33004}} at the time of the [[2011 Costa Rican 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=9 August 2024 |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>
Puriscal had a [[Human Development Index]] of 0.755 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=9 August 2024}}</ref> Its [[Multidimensional Poverty Index]] in 2023 was 0.072.<ref>Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo [PNUD]. (2024) Atlas de Desarrollo Humano
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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 == The canton of Puriscal is subdivided into the following [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]: # [[Santiago District, Puriscal|Santiago]] # [[Mercedes Sur District|Mercedes Sur]] # [[Barbacoas District|Barbacoas]] # [[Grifo Alto District|Grifo Alto]] # [[San Rafael District, Puriscal|San Rafael]] # [[Candelarita District|Candelarita]] # [[Desamparaditos District|Desamparaditos]] # [[San Antonio District, Puriscal|San Antonio]] # [[Chires District|Chires]]
== Transportation == === Road transportation === The following road routes cover the canton: {{Columns-list| *[[File:CR RNS 136.svg|25px]] [[National Route 136 (Costa Rica)|National Route 136]] *[[File:CR RNS 137.svg|25px]] [[National Route 137 (Costa Rica)|National Route 137]] *[[File:CR RNS 239.svg|25px]] [[National Route 239 (Costa Rica)|National Route 239]] *[[File:CR RNT 314.svg|25px]] [[National Route 314 (Costa Rica)|National Route 314]] *[[File:CR RNT 316.svg|25px]] [[National Route 316 (Costa Rica)|National Route 316]] *[[File:CR RNT 317.svg|25px]] [[National Route 317 (Costa Rica)|National Route 317]] *[[File:CR RNT 318.svg|25px]] [[National Route 318 (Costa Rica)|National Route 318]] *[[File:CR RNT 319.svg|25px]] [[National Route 319 (Costa Rica)|National Route 319]] *[[File:CR RNT 324.svg|25px]] [[National Route 324 (Costa Rica)|National Route 324]] }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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