Acosta (canton)
Acosta is the twelfth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Ignacio.
History
Acosta was created on 27 October 1910 by decree 24.Geography
Acosta has an area of and a mean elevation of.The mountainous canton begins in the Cerros de Escazú on the far western edge of the San José Metropolitan Area. It continues west and south between the Negro River on the north and the Jorco River on the east to encompass a large portion of the Coastal Mountain Range, ending at the border of Puntarenas Province near the Pacific coast in Parrita Canton.
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, Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós, was elected mayor of the canton with 41.92% of the votes, with Tania Granados Borbón and Marianela Arias Elizondo as first and second vice mayors, respectively.| Period | Name | Party |
| 2002–2006 | Rónald Ricardo Durán Gamboa | PLN |
| 2006–2010 | Rónald Ricardo Durán Gamboa | PLN |
| 2010–2016 | Luis Alberto Durán Gamboa | PLN |
| 2016–2020 | Norman Eduardo Hidalgo Gamboa | PAC |
| 2020–2024 | Norman Eduardo Hidalgo Gamboa | PAC |
| 2024–2028 | Nelson Martín Umaña Quirós | PLN |
Municipal Council
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council are elected every four years. Acosta's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor is absent. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:Districts
The canton of Acosta is subdivided into the following districts:Demographics
Acosta had an estimated population of people in 2022, up from at the time of the 2011 census.Acosta had a Human Development Index of 0.731 in 2022.