Aserrí is the sixth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is the homonymous Aserrí.
Name Aserrí takes its name from a Huetar tribe, also called the Accerri.Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel, Los huetares: historia, lengua, etnografía y tradición oral, Cartago, Editorializing Tecnológica, 1996.
Geography Aserrí has an area of and a mean elevation of .
The mountainous canton is delineated on the north by the Poás River. It encompasses a narrow strip of land that traverses the Coastal Mountain Range before reaching the lowlands of Puntarenas Province, bordering the canton of Parrita.
Government 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 National Liberation Party candidate, Patricia Mayela Porras Segura, was elected mayor of the canton with 23.75% of the votes, with Carlos Alberto Azofeifa Aguilar and Jesús Benito Morales Calderón as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
+ Mayors of Aserrí since the 2002 electionsPeriodNameParty2002–2006Mario Morales Guzmán PLN2006–20102010–2016Víctor Manuel Morales Mora PAC2016–2020José Oldemar García Segura PLN2020–20242024–2028Patricia Mayela Porras Segura
Municipal Council Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) are elected every four years. Aserrí'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 the Social Christian Unity Party member, Sonia Aguilar Zamora, with National Liberation Party member, Alex Antonio Calero Lopez, as vice president. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of Aserrí after the 2024 municipal electionsPolitical parties in the Municipal Council of AserríPolitical party Regidores№OwnerSubstituteNational Liberation Party (PLN)2Jessica Vanessa Fallas HidalgoWendy Solano MoraAlex Antonio Calero Lopez(VP)Franklin Segura MoraNational Democratic Agenda (ADN)2Freddy Alberto Sandí ZúñigaJorge Chacón SánchezManuela Rita Sánchez MongeKryssia Marlene Villarreal QuirósSocial Christian Unity Party (PUSC)2Sonia Aguilar Zamora(P)Hillary Valeria Monge MonteroFrancis López EsquivelAlexander Barboza BarbozaNew Generation Party (PNG) 1Mildred Marcela Zúñiga CorralesSilvia Marcela Granados Hidalgo
Districts The canton of Aserrí is subdivided into seven districts:
Aserrí Tarbaca Vuelta de Jorco San Gabriel Legua Monterrey Salitrillos
History The canton was established by a decree of 27 November, 1882.
Demographics
Aserrí had an estimated residents in 2022, up from at the time of the 2011 census.
In 2022, Aserrí had a Human Development Index of 0.737.
Transportation Road transportation The canton is covered by the following road routes:
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