Provinces of Costa Rica

The seven 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.

Overview 1
List of provinces 2
See also 3
References 4
External links 5

Overview

The article states, "Para los efectos de la Administración Pública el territorio nacional se divide en provincias, éstas en cantones y los cantones en distritos.", which loosely translates into English as "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The Republic of Costa Rica consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 81 cantons (cantones), and 473 districts (districtos).^[2]

List of provinces

Province	Capital	Area (km²)	Population
Alajuela	Alajuela	9,757	885,571
Cartago	Cartago	3,124	490,903
Guanacaste	Liberia	10,141	354,154
Heredia	Heredia	2,657	433,677
Limón	Puerto Limón	9,189	386,862
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	11,266	410,929
San José	San José	4,966	1,404,242

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References

^ "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^ "Código Postal'" (in Spanish). Correos de Costa Rica. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

External links

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Provinces and cantons of Costa Rica

Alajuela	Alajuela Alfaro Ruiz Atenas Grecia Guatuso Los Chiles Naranjo Orotina Palmares Poás San Carlos San Mateo San Ramón Upala Valverde Vega

Cartago	Alvarado Cartago El Guarco Jiménez La Unión Oreamuno Paraíso Turrialba

Guanacaste	Abangares Bagaces Cañas Carrillo Hojancha La Cruz Liberia Nandayure Nicoya Santa Cruz Tilarán

Heredia	Barva Belén Flores Heredia San Isidro San Pablo San Rafael Santa Bárbara Santo Domingo Sarapiquí

Limón	Guácimo Limón Matina Pococí Siquirres Talamanca

Puntarenas	Buenos Aires Corredores Coto Brus Esparza Garabito Golfito Montes de Oro Osa Parrita Puntarenas Quepos

San José	Acosta Alajuelita Aserrí Curridabat Desamparados Coronado Dota Escazú Goicoechea León Cortés Montes de Oca Mora Moravia Pérez Zeledón Puriscal San José Santa Ana Tarrazú Tibás Turrubares

Provincial capitals of Costa Rica

Alajuela Cartago Heredia Liberia Limón Puntarenas San José

Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries

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Provinces of Costa Rica