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Revision as of 18:34, 15 September 2018
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 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), 81 cantons (cantones), and 473 districts (districtos).[2]
List of provinces
| Flag | Province | Map | Capital | Area (km2) | Population | Human Development Index 2015[3] |
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Alajuela | 
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Alajuela | 9,757 | 885,571 | 0.778 |
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Cartago | 
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Cartago | 3,124 | 490,903 | 0.786 |
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Guanacaste | 
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Liberia | 10,141 | 354,154 | 0.755 |
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Heredia | 
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Heredia | 2,657 | 433,677 | 0.807 |
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Limón | 
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Puerto Limón | 9,189 | 386,862 | 0.735 |
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Puntarenas | 
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Puntarenas | 11,266 | 410,929 | 0.741 |
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San José | 
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San José | 4,966 | 1,404,242 | 0.792 |
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See also
References
- ^ "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "'Código Postal" (in Spanish). Correos de Costa Rica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
External links
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