| Cartago | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Cartago canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Cartago canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.789°N -83.9261°W |
| Map Alt: | Cartago canton |
| Image Alt: | Ruins of Santiago Apóstol Church, a still standing monument in Cartago. |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 7 December 1848 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cartago |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Oriental |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de Cartago |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mario Redondo Poveda (PAY) |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Oriental |
| P2: | Occidental |
| P3: | Carmen |
| P4: | San Nicolás |
| P5: | Aguacaliente |
| P6: | Guadalupe |
| P7: | Corralillo |
| P8: | Tierra Blanca |
| P9: | Dulce Nombre |
| P10: | Llano Grande |
| P11: | Quebradilla |
| Area Total Km2: | 278.66 |
| Elevation M: | 1575 |
| Population Total: | 147898 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Est: | 165417 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 301 |
Cartago is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1] [2] The head city is Cartago.
Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[3]
Cartago has an area of [4] and a mean elevation of .[1]
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.
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 Let's Act Now Party (Spanish; Castilian: 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.[6]
| 2002–2006 | Harold Humberto Góngora Fuentes | PUSC |
| 2006–2010 | Rolando Alberto Rodríguez Brenes | PLN |
| 2010–2016 | ||
| 2016–2020 | ||
| 2020–2024 | Mario Redondo Poveda | ADC |
| 2024–2028 | PAY |
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called Spanish; Castilian: 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 is absent.[5] The current president of the Municipal Council is the Let's Act Now Party member, Alonso Picado Chacón.[8] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Cartago | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | |||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | ||||
| Let's Act Now Party (PAY) | 4 | Alonso Picado Chacón(P) | Roberto Carlos Solano Ortega | |||
| Franci Noheli Camacho Vargas | Mónica Machado Barquero | |||||
| Andrés Damián Zúñiga Orozco | Jorge Armando Brenes Calderón | |||||
| Grettel Quesada Moya | Natalia Isabel Serrano Redondo | |||||
| National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Jonathan Arce Moya | Braulio José Martínez Rojas | |||
| Marcela Quesada Cerdas | Stephannie Melissa Meneses Quirós | |||||
| Caleb Andrés Pichardo Aguilar | Luis Martín Martínez Rojas | |||||
| National Democratic Agenda (ADN) | 1 | Marvin Alvarado Méndez | Manuel Enrique González Espinoza | |||
| Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) | 1 | Alberto Acevedo Gutiérrez | Armando José Canno Díaz | |||
The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:
Cartago had a population of inhabitants in 2022, up from people at the time of the 2011 census.[10] [11]
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.[12]
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.