Santa Ana is the ninth

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in the

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province of

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. It is located in the Central Valley. The canton borders the Alajuela canton to the north, the

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to the south and west, the

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to the east, as well as the

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to the north east. The canton has the highest

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of any canton in Costa Rica as of 2021 with a HDI of 0.935.

Toponymy

The first mention of the name appears in the Protocols of Cartago on December 1, 1658, when part of the land which now conforms the canton became property of José de Alvarado and Petronilla de Retes after their marriage. The name of the lands comes from the original owner of the lands, Jerónimo de Retes y López de Ortega, father of Petronilla. Ortega was seeded the land in the 17th century by the

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as a recognition for his work as sheriff of Cartago. Popular belief is that he named his lands in honour of

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History

Santa Ana was created on 29 August 1907 by decree 8.

Geography

Santa Ana has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The triangular-shaped canton is delineated by the Virilla River on the north and stretches south as it narrows to include a portion of the

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Districts

The canton of Santa Ana is subdivided into the following

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: # Santa Ana # Salitral #

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# Piedades # Brasil

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Santa Ana had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Notable people

This is a list of people born or that have lived in Santa Ana. * Marcia González Aguiluz: Lawyer with an emphasis on environmental law. She was the president of the Citizens' Action Party between 2017 and 2018, as well as former minister of justice and peace under president

Carlos Alvarado Quesada Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (; born 14 January 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action P ...

. *

María Luisa Ávila Agüero María Luisa Ávila Agüero (born 30 January 1961) is a Costa Rican pediatric infectious disease specialist who was during the administrations of Óscar Arias Sánchez (2006–2010) and Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010–2014). Biography The dau ...

: A Pediatric subspecializing in infectious diseases who was the minister of health under presidents

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and

Laura Chinchilla Laura Chinchilla Miranda (; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican politician who was President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the ...

. *

Michael Umaña Míchael Umaña Corrales (born 16 July 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who last played as a defender for Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional. He represented the Costa Rica national team. Club career Early career Born in Sant ...

: Former

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player who played as a defender. * Carlos Martínez: Football player who currently plays at

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as a defender.

References

Cantons of San José Province Populated places in San José Province Andrés Bello Greater Metropolitan Area (Costa Rica) {{CostaRica-geo-stub