Santa Ana
Cantón de Santa Ana (Spanish) | |
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| Nicknames: Valle del Sol[1] Spanish for: "Valley of the Sun" | |
 Santa Ana canton | |
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| Coordinates: 9°55′06″N 84°11′45″W / 9.9184253°N 84.1957531°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Creation | 29 August 1907 |
| Head city | Santa Ana |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Santa Ana |
| • Mayor | Juan José Vargas Fallas (PUSC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 61.42 km2 (23.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 904 m (2,966 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 49,123 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 58,020 |
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Santaneño, -a |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 109 |
| Website | www |
Santa Ana (Spanish: Cantón de Santa Ana) is the ninth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[2][3] It is located in the Central Valley. It borders with the Alajuela canton to the north, the Mora canton to the south and west, the Escazú canton to the east, as well as the Belén canton to the north east.[4] As of 2022, the canton has the highest Human Development Index of any region in Costa Rica with a score of 0.871.[5]
- ^ "El Cantón". santaana.go.cr (in Spanish). Gobierno local de Santa Ana. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Santa Ana" (PDF). Bibloteca Virtual en Poblacion, Centroamericano de Poblacion (in Spanish). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoría Municipal. 1985. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022". Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2024.