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 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), 82 cantons (cantones), and 473 districts (districtos).[2]
List of provinces[edit]
| 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[edit]
- 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" (in Spanish). Correos de Costa Rica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
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