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Revision as of 17:21, 24 July 2015
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]
List of provinces
| Flag | Province | Map | Capital | Area (km2) | Population |
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Alajuela | 
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Alajuela | 9,757 | 885,571 |
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Cartago | 
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Cartago | 3,124 | 490,903 |
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Guanacaste | 
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Liberia | 10,141 | 354,154 |
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Heredia | 
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Heredia | 2,657 | 433,677 |
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Limón | 
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Puerto Limón | 9,189 | 386,862 |
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Puntarenas | 
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Puntarenas | 11,266 | 410,929 |
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San José | 
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San José | 4,966 | 1,404,242 |
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 Costa Rica portal |
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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