Tibás
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}}Template:Main other Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica.<ref name="divadm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="dta2017">Template:Cite book</ref> The head city of the canton is San Juan.
HistoryEdit
Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31.<ref name="dta2017"/> It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be the capital of the country, at least according to ex-president Braulio Carrillo,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> this is the reason the town was originally designed with such a neat array of perfectly aligned blocks, cut by the streets running from North to South and the avenues from East to West.
GeographyEdit
Tibás has an area of Template:Cvt and a mean elevation of Template:Cvt.<ref name="ignarea">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="divadm"/>
The canton forms a northern suburb of the national capital city of San José. It is triangular in shape, with the Virilla River as its northern boundary. The Quebrada Rivera, a canyon, establishes the southwestern limit of the canton and also a portion of the southeastern boundary.
GovernmentEdit
MayorEdit
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.<ref name="codmuni">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the National Liberation Party candidate, José Alejandro Alvarado Vega, was elected mayor of the canton with 37.17% of the votes, with Liliana María Beer Rodríguez and Olga Courrau Quesada as first and second vice mayors, respectively.<ref name="2024alcdec2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Period | Name | Party |
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| 2002–2006 | Percy Kenneth Rodríguez Argüello | File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg PUSC | |
| 2006–2010 | Jorge Antonio Salas Bonilla | File:Bandera Partido Acción Ciudadana Costa Rica.svg PAC | |
| 2010–2016 | Gonzalo Vargas Jiménez | File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN | |
| 2016–2020 | Carlos Luis Cascante Duarte | ||
| 2020–2024 | |||
| 2024–2028 | José Alejandro Alvarado Vega |
Municipal CouncilEdit
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) are elected every four years. Tibás' Municipal Council has 7 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is absent.<ref name="codmuni"/> The current president of the Municipal Council is the Social Democratic Progress Party regidor, Jimmy Villalta Espinoza.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
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| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Tibás | |||||
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| Political party | Regidores | ||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | |||
| File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg | National Liberation Party (PLN) | 3 | Dora Alicia Rodríguez Rodríguez | Stephanie Patricia Blanco Rojas | |
| Jean Paul Porras Carvajal | Arturo Enrique Hernández Martínez | ||||
| Alejandra Ramón Sánchez | María del Milagro Chacón Zamora | ||||
| File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg | Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) | 2 | Jimmy Villalta Espinoza(P) | Juan Carlos Rodríguez Cruz | |
| Carmen Eugenia Sánchez Avila | Irene Patricia Segura Varela | ||||
| File:Bandera Partido Republicano Social Cristiano Costa Rica.svg | Social Christian Republican Party (PRSC) | 1 | Manuel René Barboza Chaves | Eduardo Emilio Umaña Álvarez | |
| File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg | Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 1 | Vivian Roxana Acosta Bonilla | Inés Cristina Lascarez Solano | |
DistrictsEdit
The canton of Tibás is subdivided into the following districts:
DemographicsEdit
Template:CR Census population Tibás had an estimated population of 74,592 people in 2022, up from 64,842 at the time of the 2011 census.<ref name="2022popest">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="censo2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tibás had a Human Development Index of 0.766 in 2022.<ref name="2022hdi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tibás includes both industrial and residential neighborhoods and is home of a popular football team in Costa Rica, Deportivo Saprissa and its stadium Estadio Ricardo Saprissa.
TransportationEdit
Road transportationEdit
The canton is covered by the following road routes: Template:Columns-list
Rail transportationEdit
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.
ReferencesEdit
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