Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city the homonymous Curridabat. The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San José, lying on the southeast edge of the city.
History Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209.
Government In 1930, the canton had a municipality with three , a mayor () and a political chief (; both charges were held by same person). At this time, the canton's population was of people. As the population grew, the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, provide public road maintenance, and build infrastructure. The municipality Council was later expanded to five members by popular election in 1970.
Mayor 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 21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI) candidate, Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños, was elected mayor of the canton with 24.52% of the votes, with Paula Rebeca Camacho Solís and Melissa Berenzon Quirós as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
+ Mayors of Curridabat since the 2002 electionsPeriodNameParty2002–2006Luz de los Ángeles Retana Chinchilla CSXXI2006–2010Edgar Eduardo Mora Altamirano2010–20162016–20202020–2024Jimmy Cruz Jiménez2024–2028Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños
Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) are elected every four years. Curridabat's Municipal Council has 7 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor () is absent. The current president of the Municipal Council is Pro-Curri People Party member Luis Ulderico Monge Díaz, with Social Christian Unity Party member Andrea Vargas Uribe as vice president. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
+ Composition of the Municipal Council of Curridabat after the 2024 municipal electionsPolitical partyRegidoresDiagram№OwnerSubstitute21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI)2Ingrid Molina HuezoMariana Román SolanoOscar Arturo Mora AlmarianoRoger Alfredo Díaz AguilarNational Liberation Party (PLN)1Bolívar Gerardo Jiménez RodríguezOscar Rojas RamosNational Democratic Agenda (ADN)1Alberto Gerardo Fernandez AguilarJulio Omar Quirós PorrasPro-Curri People Party (PGPC)1Luis Ulderico Monge Díaz(P)Alexis Gerardo Lopez VillaltaSocial Christian Unity Party (PUSC)1Andrea Vargas Uribe(VP)Tatiana Rivera BonillaSocial Democratic Progress Party (PSD)1Cindy María Hernández CorderoJessica Solano Fernandez
Geography Curridabat has an area of .
Points of interest (Sun's Plaza) a shopping center built between 1982 and 1983. At the time it was the most modern shopping center in the city. Today, it has many customers ranging from middle to high class. (Eastern Multiplaza), now Multiplaza Curridabat, is a mall built between August 2002 and October 2003 that belongs to the commercial chain of the same name and have other malls in Central America. It has a food court, cinemas and stores. It is located in the old establishment of Republic Tobacco Co. The mall was expanded twice in 2007 and between 2013 and 2014. San José Indoor Club, it is a recreational sports club for the middle and high class in San José. It was opened during the mid-1970s.
Districts The canton of Curridabat is subdivided into the following districts: Curridabat Granadilla Sánchez Tirrases
Demographics
Curridabat had an estimated inhabitants in 2022, up from at the time of the 2011 census.
In 2022, Curridabat had a Human Development Index of 0.835, the sixth highest nationwide.
Notable residents Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, former president, lives in Pinares; also son of former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Karen Olsen Beck, wife of former president José Figueres Ferrer; also mother of former president José Figueres Olsen
Transportation Road transportation The canton is covered by the following road routes:
Rail transportation The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
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