Misplaced Pages

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (August 2024) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Cantón de Alajuelita}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.

Alajuelita
Canton
Alajuelita Cross, was illuminated and visible from most of the Central Valley
FlagSeal
Alajuelita canton
AlajuelitaAlajuelita canton location in San José ProvinceShow map of San José ProvinceAlajuelitaAlajuelita canton location in Costa RicaShow map of Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°53′20″N 84°06′55″W / 9.8890038°N 84.1151684°W / 9.8890038; -84.1151684
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Creation	4 June 1909
Head city	Alajuelita
Districts	Districts Alajuelita San Josecito San Antonio Concepción San Felipe
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Alajuelita
• Mayor	María del Rosario Siles Fernández (PNG)
Area
• Total	21.47 km (8.29 sq mi)
Elevation	1,194 m (3,917 ft)
Population
• Total	77,603
• Estimate	81,012
• Density	3,600/km (9,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	110
Website	munialajuelita.go.cr

Alajuelita is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.

History

Alajuelita was created on 4 June 1909 by decree 58. The first settlements in the area occurred by 1650. The name "Alajuelita" comes from a diminutive form of the name of Alajuela Province due to original settlers coming from that province.

Geography

Alajuelita has an area of 21.47 km (8.29 sq mi) and a mean elevation of 1,194 m (3,917 ft).

The odd-shaped canton reaches southwest from the suburbs of the national capital city of San José. It is delineated by the Tiribí River on the northeast, Cañas River on the east, Poás River on the southeast, and the Cerros de Escazú at it far southwestern end. The Santuario Nacional Santo Cristo de Esquipulas is located in this canton along with the San Miguel Hill, whose metallic cross built at its peak is definitely one of the more beloved landmarks in Costa Rican Central Region.

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 New Generation Party candidate, María del Rosario Siles Fernández, was elected mayor of the canton with 47.78% of the votes, with Jonathan Miguel Arrieta Ulloa and Javiera Tatiana Centeno Barboza as first and second vice mayors, respectively.

Mayors of Alajuelita since the 2002 elections

Period	Name	Party
2002–2006	Víctor Hugo Echavarría Ureña	PUSC
2006–2010	Tómas Poblador Soto	PLN
2010–2016	Víctor Hugo Echavarría Ureña	PUSC
2016–2020	Modesto Alpizar Luna	PNG
2020–2024
2024–2028	Michaell Álvarez Quirós

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Alajuelita's Municipal Council has 7 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 Social Christian Unity Party member Henry David Salazar Quesada, with New Generation Party member Grettel Andrea Murillo Quirós as vice president. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

Current composition of the Municipal Council of Alajuelita after the 2024 municipal elections

Political parties in the Municipal Council of Alajuelita
Political party			Regidores
			№	Owner	Substitute
	New Generation Party (PNG)		3	Laura Alicia Araúz Tenorio	Rosibel Calderón Chinchilla
				José Alix Reyes Gómex	Hector Alonso Hidalgo Sánchez
				Grettel Andrea Murillo Quirós	Flor Zúñiga Rodríguez
	Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC)		2	Henry David Salazar Quesada	Luis Fernando Chinchilla Retana
				Patricia Mayela Guido Chinchilla	Katherine Marcela Mora Bonilla
	National Liberation Party (PLN)		1	Leyda María Badilla Sánchez	Carolina Mora Sibaja
	Our Town Party (PNP)		1	José Alberto Páez Zúñiga	Esteban Emilio Chavarría Villalta

Districts

The canton of Alajuelita is subdivided into the following districts:

1. Alajuelita
2. San Josecito
3. San Antonio
4. Concepción
5. San Felipe

Demographics

Alajuelita had an estimated population of 81,012 people in 2022, up from 77,603 at the time of the 2011 census.

In 2022, Alajuelita had a Human Development Index of 0.712.

Education

• Escuela San Felipe, founded 1966

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 105
• National Route 110
• National Route 177
• National Route 217

Notes

1. ^ Also legally named María del Rocío Siles Fernández.
2. ^ Also legally named Víctor Hugo Chavarría Ureña.
3. Also legally named José Alex Reyes Gómez.

References

1. ^ "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
3. Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (20 June 2024). "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica] (PDF) (in Spanish).
4. "Santuario Nacional Santo Cristo de Esquipulas". 11 October 2017.
5. "La cruz del cerro San Miguel en Alajuelita" (PDF). kerwa.ucr.ac.cr (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
6. ^ Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish).
7. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (8 March 2024). "N.° 1658-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
8. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
9. "Concejo Municipal 2024 - 2028". Alajuelita Gobierno Local (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
10. Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (12 February 2024). "N.° 2218-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
11. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
12. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
13. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (July 2023). Estimación de Población y Vivienda 2022 : Resultados Generales [2022 Population and Housing Estimate : General Results] (PDF) (in Spanish). ISBN 9789930525753. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
14. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
15. Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022". Retrieved 22 August 2024.

This Costa Rican location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Cantons of San José Province
• Populated places in San José Province
• Costa Rica geography stubs