Mora (canton)

Mora is the seventh canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2] Its head city is Colón.

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Mora
Canton
Ciudad Colón, aerial view
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Mora canton
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Coordinates: 9.8724731°N 84.2801252°W / 9.8724731; -84.2801252
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Creation	25 May 1883
Head city	Colón
Districts	Districts Colón Guayabo Tabarcia Piedras Negras Picagres Jaris Quitirrisí
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Mora
• Mayor	Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante (PLP)
Area
• Total	163.47 km² (63.12 sq mi)
Elevation	807 m (2,648 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	26,294
• Estimate (2022)	32,348
• Density	160/km² (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	107
Website	mora.go.cr

Government

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Mayor

According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.^[4] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the Progressive Liberal Party candidate, Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante, was elected mayor of the canton with 44.73% of the votes, with Ariun Zaya Cabal Lombodorzh^[a] and Maynor Guevara Mora as first and second vice mayors, respectively.^[5]

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Mayors of Mora since the 2002 elections^[6]
Period	Name	Party
2002–2006	Alcides Ovidio Araya Campos	PLN
2006–2010	Gilberto Monge Pizarro
2010–2016
2016–2020	PNG
2020–2024	Rodrigo Alfonso Jiménez Cascante
2024–2028	PLP

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called regidores) are elected every four years. Mora's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor (regidor propietario) is absent.^[4] The current president of the Municipal Council is the United For Development Party member María Picado Ovares.^[7] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:

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Current composition of the Municipal Council of Mora after the 2024 municipal elections^[8]

Political parties in the Municipal Council of Mora
Political party	Regidores
№	Owner	Substitute
	Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)		2	Joarline de los Ángeles Mata Mata	Marianeth de los Ángeles Zamora Acuña
José Antonio Varela Monge	Mario Gerardo Villalobos Ramírez
	United For Development Party (PUEDE)		2	María Picado Ovares^(P)	Rose Mary Sánchez Pérez
Emmanuel Ferrer Venegas	Juan Gabriel Vásquez Solís
	National Liberation Party (PLN)		1	Xinia María Vargas Vargas	Alexa Silva Varela

Geography

Mora has an area of 163.47 km² (63.12 sq mi) and a mean elevation of 807 m (2,648 ft).^[9]^[1]

The Virilla River establishes the northern boundary of the canton, with the Grande de Tárcoles River delineating its far western limit. The Chucás, Quebrada Grande, Viejo and Tabarcia rivers mark the canton's western boundary; the Jorco, Tabarcia and Negro rivers, the southern boundary; and a series of foothills rising into the Cerros de Escazú delineate the canton's eastern border.

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Demographics

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Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	6,976	—
1892	5,814	−2.00%
1927	7,925	+0.89%
1950	7,736	−0.10%
1963	8,938	+1.12%
1973	10,733	+1.85%
1984	12,584	+1.46%
2000	21,666	+3.45%
2011	26,294	+1.78%
2022	32,348	+1.90%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[10] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[11]