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
editThe 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 | 
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Alajuela | 9,757 | 885,571 | 90.8 | 0.778 | 19,100 |
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Cartago | 
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Cartago | 3,124 | 490,903 | 156.2 | 0.786 | 20,000 |
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Guanacaste | 
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Liberia | 10,141 | 354,154 | 34.9 | 0.755 | 17,500 |
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Heredia | 
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Heredia | 2,657 | 433,677 | 163.2 | 0.807 | 19,900 |
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Limón | 
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Puerto Limón | 9,189 | 386,862 | 42.1 | 0.735 | 16,300 |
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Puntarenas | 
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Puntarenas | 11,266 | 410,929 | 36.5 | 0.741 | 17,400 |
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San José | 
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San José | 4,966 | 1,404,242 | 282.8 | 0.792 | 19,800 |
See also
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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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