Provinces of Costa Rica

According to Article 168[1] of the Constitution of Costa Rica, the political divisions are officially classified into 3 tiers of sub-national entities.

The seven provinces of Costa Rica

Overview

The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 82 cantons (cantones), and 473 districts (distritos).[2]

List of provinces
Flag Province Map Capital Area (km2) Population Human Development Index 2015[3]
Alajuela Alajuela 9,757 885,571 0.778
Cartago Cartago 3,124 490,903 0.786
Guanacaste Liberia 10,141 354,154 0.755
Heredia Heredia 2,657 433,677 0.807
Limón Puerto Limón 9,189 386,862 0.735
Puntarenas Puntarenas 11,266 410,929 0.741
San José San José 4,966 1,404,242 0.792
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See also

References
  1. "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. "Código Postal". Correos de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.

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