Dota (canton)

Canton in San José province, Costa Rica

Canton in San José, Costa Rica

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Dota canton

9°35′05″N 83°52′25″W / 9.5847517°N 83.8736707°W / 9.5847517; -83.8736707Country

Costa RicaProvince San JoséCreation23 July 1925^[1]Head citySanta María Districts

Districts

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de DotaArea

• Total400.22 km² (154.53 sq mi)Elevation

1,874 m (6,148 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total6,948 • Density17/km² (45/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code117Websitewww.dota.go.cr

Dota is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city of the canton is Santa María.

It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Tarrazú and León Cortés Castro.

History

Dota was created on 23 July 1925 by decree 80.^[3]

Geography

Dota has an area of 400.22 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 1,874 metres.^[2]

The canton is delineated by the Savegre River on the south and southeast, the Naranjo River on the west and the Cordillera de Talamanca on the north and northeast.

Districts

The canton of Dota is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	4,712	—
1950	2,801	−2.24%
1963	3,718	+2.20%
1973	4,375	+1.64%
1984	4,934	+1.10%
2000	6,519	+1.76%
2011	6,948	+0.58%
2022	9,364	+2.75%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Dota had a population of 6,948 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 2
National Route 226
National Route 315

References

^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
^ "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.