Heredia (canton)
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History
Heredia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[3]
Geography
Heredia has an area of Template:Cvt[4] and a mean elevation of Template:Cvt.[1]
The canton includes the areas south and west of the capital city of Heredia as far as the Virilla River and the National Route 1.
The non-contiguous district of Varablanca, that includes a large portion of Braulio Carrillo National Park high in the Cordillera Central, is also administered as part of Heredia Canton.
Government
Mayor
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, Ángela Ileana Aguilar Vargas, was elected mayor of the canton with 31.58% of the votes, with Víctor Andrés Sánchez González and Kenneth Armando Arguedas Navarro as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[6]
| Period | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2006 | Javiel Carvajal Molina | File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg PUSC |
| 2006–2010 | José Manuel Ulate Avendaño | File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN |
| 2010–2016 | ||
| 2016–2020 | ||
| 2020–2024 | ||
| 2024–2028 | Ángela Ileana Aguilar Vargas |
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. Heredia's Municipal Council has 9 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.[5] The current president of the Municipal Council is the Sentir Heredia regidor, José Pablo Quesada Castro, with National Liberation Party member, Heidy Hernández Benavides, as vice president.[8] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Heredia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
| File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg | National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Lilliana Jiménez Barrientos | Maritza Sandoval Vega | |
| Luis Alfonso Araya Villalobos | Alfredo Eduardo Prendas Jiménez | ||||
| Heidy Hernández Benavides(VP) | Odette Fernández Salazar | ||||
| File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 3 | Marlon Antonio Obando Juárez | Jean Carlos Barboza Roman | |
| Roxana Mayela Arias Ramírez | Maribel Quesada Fonseca | ||||
| Luis Alberto Williams Ovares | Freddy Cervantes Paniagua | ||||
| File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg | Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) | 1 | Jorge Eduardo Blanco Chan | Manrique Ortíz Paniagua | |
| File:Bandera Partido Frente Amplio Costa Rica.svg | Broad Front (FA) | 1 | José Daniel Berrocal Miranda | Fidel Barrera Romero | |
| File:Bandera Partido Sentir Heredia Costa Rica (2023-Actual).svg | Feel Heredia (SH) | 1 | José Pablo Quesada Castro(P) | Esteban Felipe Venegas Murillo | |
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Districts
The canton of Heredia is subdivided into the following districts:
Demographics
Template:CR Census population In 2022, the National Institute of Statistics and Census estimated Heredia's population at 131,901,[10] up from 123,616 at the time of the 2011 census.[11]
According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme, Heredia had a Human Development Index of 0.816 in 2022, ranking it 4th in its province and 9th in the entire country.[12]
Transportation
Road transportation
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Rail transportation
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
References
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