Provinces of Costa Rica

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The seven provinces of Costa Rica

According to Article 168 [1] of the Constitution of Costa Rica , the political divisions are officially classified into three tiers of sub-national entities.

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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 seven provinces (provincias), 84 cantons (cantones), and 489 districts (distritos). [2]

List of provinces

FlagProvinceMapCapitalArea (km2)PopulationDensity (km2)Human Development Index 2015 [3] GDP per capita 2023 (PPP 2015 dollar) [4]
Bandera de la Provincia de Alajuela.svg Alajuela Alajuela in Costa Rica.svg Alajuela 9,757885,57190.80.77819,100
Bandera de la Provincia de Cartago.svg Cartago Cartago in Costa Rica.svg Cartago 3,124490,903156.20.78620,000
Bandera de la Provincia de Guanacaste.svg Guanacaste Guanacaste in Costa Rica.svg Liberia 10,141354,15434.90.75517,500
Bandera de la Provincia de Heredia.svg Heredia Heredia in Costa Rica.svg Heredia 2,657433,677163.20.80719,900
Bandera de la Provincia de Limon.svg Limón Limon in Costa Rica.svg Puerto Limón 9,189386,86242.10.73516,300
Bandera de la Provincia de Puntarenas.svg Puntarenas Puntarenas in Costa Rica.svg Puntarenas 11,266410,92936.50.74117,400
Bandera de la Provincia de San Jose.svg San José San Jose in Costa Rica.svg San José 4,9661,404,242282.80.79219,800

See also

References

  1. "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA 1949". constitution.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. "Código Postal". Correos de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  4. "Tellusant (2023): TelluBase—Costa Rica Fact Sheet. Boston" (PDF).

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