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.

History

Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209. In 1930 the canton had a municipality with three regidores, a Major (AKA Ejecutivo Municipal) and Jefe político (both charges were in the same person). At this time the canton's population were 5,000 people, but with the time and the population grew and the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, road, sidewalk maintenance and built some infrastructure. Then the municipality Council was expanded to five members by popular election in 1970.

Geography

Curridabat has an area of 15.95 km² and a mean elevation of 1,244 metres.

Points of interest

Districts

The canton of Curridabat is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Curridabat had a population of 65,206 inhabitants.

Notable residents

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes: • CR RNP 2.svg National Route 2 • CR RNS 210.svg National Route 210 • CR RNS 211.svg National Route 211 • CR RNS 215.svg National Route 215 • CR RNS 221.svg National Route 221 • CR RNS 251.svg National Route 251 • CR RNS 252.svg National Route 252 • CR RNT 306.svg National Route 306

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.