# Turrubares (canton)

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Canton in San José province, Costa Rica

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Canton in San José, Costa Rica

Turrubares Canton Flag Seal Turrubares canton Turrubares Turrubares canton location in San José Province Show map of San José Province Turrubares Turrubares canton location in Costa Rica Show map of Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°44′51″N 84°29′51″W / 9.7474683°N 84.4975157°W / 9.7474683; -84.4975157 Country Costa Rica Province San José Creation 30 July 1920 Head city San Pablo Districts Districts San Pablo San Pedro San Juan de Mata San Luis Carara Government • Type Municipality • Body Municipalidad de Turrubares • Mayor Martin Vargas Calderón (UP) Area • Total 416.25 km2 (160.72 sq mi) Elevation 313 m (1,027 ft) Population (2011) • Total 5,512 • Estimate (2022) 6,173 • Density 13.24/km2 (34.30/sq mi) Time zone UTC−06:00 Canton code 116 Website www.turrubares.go.cr

**Turrubares** is a [canton](/source/Cantons_of_Costa_Rica) in the [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province) province of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).[1][2]

## History

Turrubares was created on 30 July 1920 by decree 56.[2][3]

## Government

### Mayor

According to Costa Rica's [Municipal Code](/source/Local_government_in_Costa_Rica), mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[4] As of the latest [municipal elections in 2024](/source/2024_Costa_Rican_municipal_elections), the [United We Can](/source/United_We_Can) (UP) candidate, Martin Vargas Calderón, was elected mayor of the canton with 46.64% of the votes, with Kattia Chacón Rodríguez and Luis Mariano Vargas Rojas as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[5]

Mayors of Turrubares since the 2002 elections[6] Period Name Party 2002–2006 Roberto González Cordero PUSC 2006–2010 Rafael Vindas Vindas 2010–2016 Bolívar Monge Granados PLN 2016–2020 Giovanni Madrigal Ramírez 2020–2024 PCU 2024–2028 Martin Vargas Calderón UP

### Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called *regidores*) are elected every four years. Turrubares' Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (*regidor propietario*) is absent.[4] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

Composition of the Municipal Council of Turrubares after the 2024 municipal elections[7] Political parties in the Municipal Council of Turrubares Political party Regidores № Owner Substitute United We Can (UP) 2 Manuel Rodrigo González Castro Edwin Chaves Chavarría Ana Julia Trejos Arias Bellanira Pérez Mena Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) 2 Alexander Jiménez Torres Didier Valverde Arias Yorleny Madrigal Ramírez Vera Cascante Sandí National Liberation Party (PLN) 1 Virginia Salazar Agüero Erika Vanessa Salazar Madrigal

## Geography

Turrubares has an area of 416.25 km2 (160.72 sq mi)[8] and a mean elevation of 313 m (1,027 ft).[1]

The [Grande de Tárcoles River](/source/T%C3%A1rcoles_River) delineates the north and northwest boundaries of the canton. The Carara River, Camaronal River and the Fila Negra (Black Mountains) establish the boundary on the west. The south and southwest is marked by the Tulin River, and the Galán River and Azul Creek delineate portions of the canton's border on the east.

## Districts

The canton of Turrubares is subdivided into the following [districts](/source/Districts_of_Costa_Rica):

1. [San Pablo](/source/San_Pablo_District%2C_Turrubares)

1. [San Pedro](/source/San_Pedro_District%2C_Turrubares)

1. [San Juan de Mata](/source/San_Juan_de_Mata_District)

1. [San Luis](/source/San_Luis_District%2C_Turrubares)

1. [Carara](/source/Carara_District)

## Demographics

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Census Pop. ±% p.a. 1927 2,742 — 1950 5,937 +3.42% 1963 5,496 −0.59% 1973 4,709 −1.53% 1984 4,471 −0.47% 2000 4,877 +0.54% 2011 5,512 +1.12% 2022 6,173 +1.03% Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[9] Centro Centroamericano de Población[10]

Turrubares had an estimated population of 6,173 inhabitants in 2022, the second lowest in the country behind [Monteverde](/source/Monteverde_(canton)), and up from 5,512 at the time of the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census).[11]

In 2022, Turrubares had a [Human Development Index](/source/Human_Development_Index) of 0.712.[12]

## Transportation

### Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

- [National Route 137](/source/National_Route_137_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 319](/source/National_Route_319_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 320](/source/National_Route_320_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 324](/source/National_Route_324_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 707](/source/National_Route_707_(Costa_Rica))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-divadm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-divadm_1-1) ["Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP"](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). *Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica* (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dta2017_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dta2017_2-1) [*División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica*](https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-9977-58-477-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9977-58-477-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-crevoterritorial_3-0)** Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). [*Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984*](https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/) (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9977-64-243-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9977-64-243-5). Retrieved 5 October 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-codmuni_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-codmuni_4-1) [Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Costa_Rica) (13 May 2024). ["Código Municipal"](http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?nValor1=1&nValor2=40197) [Municipal Code]. *Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica* (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2024alcdec2_5-0)** [Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones](/source/Supreme_Electoral_Court_of_Costa_Rica) (8 March 2024). ["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"](https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/1658-E11-2024.html) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-decs_6-0)** [Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones](/source/Supreme_Electoral_Court_of_Costa_Rica). ["Resoluciones declaratorias de elección"](https://www.tse.go.cr/declaratorias.htm). *Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones* (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2024regdec2_7-0)** [Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones](/source/Tribunal_Supremo_de_Elecciones_de_Costa_Rica) (12 February 2024). ["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"](https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2218-E11-2024.html) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ignarea_8-0)** Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (20 June 2024). ["División Territorial Administrativa, 2024"](https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf) [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024] (PDF) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos"](https://www.inec.cr/) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. ["Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas"](https://censos.ccp.ucr.ac.cr/) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-censo2011_11-0)** ["Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito"](https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011). *Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos* (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2022hdi_12-0)** Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; [Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica](/source/University_of_Costa_Rica); [Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo](/source/United_Nations_Development_Programme) (9 June 2023). ["Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022"](https://www.undp.org/es/costa-rica/publicaciones/atlas-de-desarrollo-humano-cantonal-2022/).

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