| Dota | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Dota canton location in San José Province##Dota canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Dota canton location in San José Province##Dota canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.5848°N -83.8737°W |
| Map Alt: | Dota canton |
| Image Alt: | Santa María de Dota Church |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 23 July 1925 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | San José |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Santa María |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Adrián Cordero Cordero (PUSC) |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de Dota |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Santa María |
| P2: | Jardín |
| P3: | Copey |
| Area Total Km2: | 404.44 |
| Elevation M: | 1874 |
| Population Total: | 6948 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Est: | 9364 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 117 |
Dota is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1] [2] The head city of the canton is Santa María.
It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Tarrazú and León Cortés Castro.
Dota was created on 23 July 1925 by decree 80.[2] [3]
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 Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) candidate, Adrián Cordero Cordero, was elected mayor of the canton with 79.33% of the votes, with Susy Calderón Arguedas and Jorge Orlando Serrano Salazar as first and second vice mayors, respectively.[5]
| 2002–2006 | Mario Enrique Ureña Rojas | PLN | |
| 2006–2010 | José Valverde Monge | ||
| 2010–2016 | Leonardo Chacón Porras | ||
| 2016–2020 | |||
| 2020–2024 | |||
| 2024–2028 | Adrián Cordero Cordero | PUSC |
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called Spanish; Castilian: regidores) are elected every four years. Dota's Municipal Council has 5 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor is absent.[4] The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024–2028 period is as follows:
| Political parties in the Municipal Council of Dota | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political party | Regidores | |||||
| № | Owner | Substitute | ||||
| Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) | 4 | Ana Vanessa Mata Cordero | Ivonne Fallas Fallas | |||
| Ronald Alberto Calderón Valverde | Enrique Jiménez Hernández | |||||
| Johanna Patricia Solano Montero | Ana Fiorina Retana Rojas | |||||
| Rolando Fonseca Brenes | Edwin Alexander Valverde Elizondo | |||||
| National Liberation Party (PLN) | 1 | Johanna Chanto Vargas | Leda Roxana Ureña Brenes | |||
Dota has an area of [8] and a mean elevation of .[1]
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.
The canton of Dota is subdivided into the following districts:
Dota had an estimated inhabitants in 2022,[9] up from at the time of the 2011 census.[10]
In 2022, Dota had a Human Development Index of 0.660.[11]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: