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.
Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209.
In 1930, the canton had a municipality with three , a mayor () and a political chief (; both charges were held by same person). At this time, the canton's population was of people. As the population grew, the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, provide public road maintenance, and build infrastructure. The municipality Council was later expanded to five members by popular election in 1970.
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the 21st Century Curridabat (CSXXI) candidate, Errol Andrés Solano Bolaños, was elected mayor of the canton with 24.52% of the votes, with Paula Rebeca Camacho SolÃÂs and Melissa Berenzon Quirós as first and second vice mayors, respectively.
Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called ) are elected every four years. Curridabat's Municipal Council has 7 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor () is absent. The current president of the Municipal Council is Pro-Curri People Party member Luis Ulderico Monge DÃÂaz, with Social Christian Unity Party member Andrea Vargas Uribe as vice president. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024âÂÂ2028 period is as follows:
Curridabat has an area of .
The canton of Curridabat is subdivided into the following districts:
Curridabat had an estimated inhabitants in 2022, up from at the time of the 2011 census.
In 2022, Curridabat had a Human Development Index of 0.835, the sixth highest nationwide.
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.