Dota (canton)
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It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Tarrazú and León Cortés Castro.
History
Dota was created on 23 July 1925 by decree 80.[2][3]
Government
Mayor
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[4] As of the latest 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.[5]
| Period | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2006 | Mario Enrique Ureña Rojas | File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN |
| 2006–2010 | José Valverde Monge | |
| 2010–2016 | Leonardo Chacón PorrasTemplate:Efn | |
| 2016–2020 | ||
| 2020–2024 | ||
| 2024–2028 | Adrián Cordero Cordero | File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg PUSC |
Municipal Council
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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 (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is absent.[4] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Dota | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
| File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 4 | Ana Vanessa Mata Cordero | Ivonne Fallas Fallas | |
| Ronald Alberto Calderón Valverde | Enrique Jiménez HernándezTemplate:Efn | ||||
| Johanna Patricia Solano Montero | Ana Fiorina Retana Rojas | ||||
| Rolando Fonseca Brenes | Edwin Alexander Valverde Elizondo | ||||
| File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg | National Liberation Party (PLN) | 1 | Johanna Chanto Vargas | Leda Roxana Ureña Brenes | |
Geography
Dota has an area of Template:Cvt[8] and a mean elevation of Template:Cvt.[1]
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:
Demographics
Template:CR Census population Dota had an estimated 9,364 inhabitants in 2022,[9] up from 6,948 at the time of the 2011 census.[10]
In 2022, Dota had a Human Development Index of 0.660.[11]
Transportation
Road transportation
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Notes
References
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