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[[Costa Rica]] consists of 7 provinces (''provincias''), 81 [[Cantons of Costa Rica|cantons]] (''cantones''), and 463 districts (''districtos''). |
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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
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."
Costa Rica consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 81 cantons (cantones), and 463 districts (districtos).
*The following information is as of the National Census of 2011[2]
References
- ^ "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Principal
See also
External links
Media related to Provinces of Costa Rica at Wikimedia Commons
Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries
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