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Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. The head city is Cartago.




History



Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.




Geography


Cartago has an area of 278.66 km2 (107.59 sq mi) and a mean elevation of 1,575 m (5,167 ft).
Cartago is a T-shaped canton stretching southeast from its capital city to encompass a thin swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range), and including portions of the Pan-American Highway.




Government






= Mayor

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According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the Let's Act Now Party (Partido Actuemos Ya) candidate, Mario Redondo Poveda, was elected mayor of the canton with 43.51% of the votes, with Silvia María Navarro Gómez and Marco Andrés Brenes Tinoco as first and second vice mayors, respectively.




= Municipal Council

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Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Cartago's Municipal Council has 9 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent. The current president of the Municipal Council is the Let's Act Now Party member, Alonso Picado Chacón. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:




Districts


The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:

Oriental
Occidental
Carmen
San Nicolás
Aguacaliente
Guadalupe
Corralillo
Tierra Blanca
Dulce Nombre
Llano Grande
Quebradilla




Demographics



Cartago had a population of 165,417 inhabitants in 2022, up from 147,898 people at the time of the 2011 census.
In 2022, Cartago had a Human Development Index of 0.791, the 3rd highest in its province, behind El Guarco and La Unión, and 18th in the country.




Transportation






= Road transportation

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The canton is covered by the following road routes:




= Rail transportation

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The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.




Notes






References

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• Provinsi Cartago
• Kosta Rika
• Kanton di Kosta Rika
• Daftar keuskupan Gereja Katolik (tabel)
• Daftar basilika
• Daftar keuskupan di Amerika
• Daftar Situs Warisan Dunia di Amerika
• Cartago (canton)
• Cartago, Costa Rica
• Orosi, Cartago
• Cartago Province
• Cartago railway station
• La Unión (canton)
• Turrialba (district)
• San José, Costa Rica
• Turrialba (canton)
• National Route 2 (Costa Rica)