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
[edit]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), 84 cantons (cantones), and 489 districts (distritos).[2]
List of provinces
[edit]| Flag | Province | Map | Capital | Area (km2) | Population | Density (km2) | Human Development Index 2015[3] | GDP per capita 2023 (PPP 2015 dollar)[4] |
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 | Alajuela |  | Alajuela | 9,757 | 885,571 | 90.8 | 0.778 | 19,100 |
 | Cartago |  | Cartago | 3,124 | 490,903 | 156.2 | 0.786 | 20,000 |
 | Guanacaste |  | Liberia | 10,141 | 354,154 | 34.9 | 0.755 | 17,500 |
 | Heredia |  | Heredia | 2,657 | 433,677 | 163.2 | 0.807 | 19,900 |
 | Limón |  | Puerto Limón | 9,189 | 386,862 | 42.1 | 0.735 | 16,300 |
 | Puntarenas |  | Puntarenas | 11,266 | 410,929 | 36.5 | 0.741 | 17,400 |
 | San José |  | San José | 4,966 | 1,404,242 | 282.8 | 0.792 | 19,800 |
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See also
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- ISO 3166-2:CR
- Cantons of Costa Rica
- Districts of Costa Rica
- List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index
References
[edit]- ^ "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Código Postal". Correos de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Tellusant (2023): TelluBase—Costa Rica Fact Sheet. Boston" (PDF).
External links
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