Curridabat (canton)


Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city the homonymous Curridabat. The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San José, lying on the southeast edge of the city.
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History

Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209.

Government

In 1930, the canton had a municipality with three regidores, a mayor and a political chief. At this time, the canton's population was of people. As the population grew, the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, provide public road maintenance, and build infrastructure. The municipality Council was later expanded to five members by popular election in 1970.

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 21st Century Curridabat candidate, Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños, was elected mayor of the canton with 24.52% of the votes, with Paula Rebeca Camacho Solís and Melissa Berenzon Quirós as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
PeriodNameParty
2002–2006Luz de los Ángeles Retana Chinchilla CSXXI
2006–2010Edgar Eduardo Mora Altamirano CSXXI
2010–2016Edgar Eduardo Mora Altamirano CSXXI
2016–2020Edgar Eduardo Mora Altamirano CSXXI
2020–2024Jimmy Cruz Jiménez CSXXI
2024–2028Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños CSXXI

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council are elected every four years. Curridabat'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 Pro-Curri People Party member Luis Ulderico Monge Díaz, with Social Christian Unity Party member Andrea Vargas Uribe as vice president. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

Geography

Curridabat has an area of.

Points of interest

  • Plaza del Sol a shopping center built between 1982 and 1983. At the time it was the most modern shopping center in the city. Today, it has many customers ranging from middle to high class.
  • Multiplaza del Este, now Multiplaza Curridabat, is a mall built between August 2002 and October 2003 that belongs to the commercial chain of the same name and have other malls in Central America. It has a food court, cinemas and stores. It is located in the old establishment of Republic Tobacco Co. The mall was expanded twice in 2007 and between 2013 and 2014.San José Indoor Club, it is a recreational sports club for the middle and high class in San José. It was opened during the mid-1970s.

Districts

The canton of Curridabat is subdivided into the following districts:
  1. Curridabat
  2. Granadilla
  3. Sánchez
  4. Tirrases

Demographics

Curridabat had an estimated inhabitants in 2022, up from at the time of the 2011 census.
In 2022, Curridabat had a Human Development Index of 0.835, the sixth highest nationwide.

Notable residents

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.