Pococí (canton)
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History
Pococí was created on 19 September 1911 by decree 12.[3]
Geography
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The canton takes in the Caribbean coast from the Toro River northward to the border with Nicaragua. It ranges inland in a southwestern direction with the Chirripó River forming the western border. The canton ends in the Cordillera Central where the Sucio River crosses the National Route 32 in Braulio Carrillo National Park.
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 United We Can candidate, Manuel Hernández Rivera, was elected mayor of the canton with 54.22% of the votes, with Yamileth Hidalgo Arias as first vice mayor, without a second vice mayor.[6]
| Period | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2006 | Manuel Hernández Rivera | File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg PUSC |
| 2006–2010 | Enrique Alfaro Vargas | File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN |
| 2010–2016 | Jorge Emilio Espinoza Vargas | |
| 2016–2020 | Elibeth Venegas Villalobos | |
| 2020–2024 | Manuel Hernández Rivera | File:Bandera Partido Recuperando Valores Costa Rica.svg PAREVA |
| 2024–2028 | File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg UP |
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. Pococí'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 Social Christian Unity Party regidor, Juan Mauricio Mora Cruz, with National Liberation Party member, Eva Isabel Torres Marín, as vice president.[8] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Pococí | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
| File:Bandera Partido Unidos Podemos CR.svg | United We Can (UP) | 4 | Luis Ángel Méndez Araya | Gerardo Cubillo Gamboa[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Patricia Aguilar Araya | Virginia Hernández Rivera | ||||
| Walter Villagra Rodríguez | Fabián Sánchez Loría | ||||
| Carmen Sánchez Navarro | Yoseline Rocío Abarca Torres | ||||
| File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg | National Liberation Party (PLN) | 2 | Carlos Alberto Retana López | William Hernández Valverde | |
| Eva Isabel Torres Marín(VP) | Sandra Umaña López | ||||
| File:Bandera Partido Recuperando Valores Costa Rica.svg | Recovering Values Party (PAREVA) | 1 | Ricardo Villalobos Vargas | Robert Jiménez Araya | |
| File:Bandera Partido Nueva Generación Costa Rica.svg | New Generation Party (PNG) | 1 | Jordan Chaves Chaves | Ovidio Vives Castro | |
| File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 1 | Juan Mauricio Mora Cruz(P) | Jeffry Rojas Serrano | |
Districts
The canton of Pococí is subdivided into the following districts:
Demographics
Template:CR Census population In 2022, Pococí had an estimated population of 146,320,[10] up from 125,962 for the 2011 census.[11]
According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme,[12] Pococí ranked as the 2nd highest canton in Limón regarding human development in 2022, with a score of 0.700, only behind Siquirres. However, it's the 27th lowest in the country.
Transportation
Road transportation
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Tourism
The Caribbean coast of Pococí boasts extensive wetlands and several protected areas, including Tortuguero National Park and Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge. In the Braulio Carrillo area is located the first aerial tram in the world to travel through a rainforest, called Rainforest Adventures and recently added to National Geographic's top ten adventure trips.[13] Much of the northern portion of the canton is inundated year-round or seasonally, and inaccessible by road. The wetlands stretch inland the length of the canton. The coastal areas provide important sea turtle nesting habitat. These protected areas and wetlands are an important ecotourism destination.
Notes
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- ↑ Also legally known as Gerardo Gamboa Chacón.
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References
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