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.

The seven provinces of Costa Rica

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 (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]
  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

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "TELLUBASE—COSTA RICA FACT SHEET 2023 data" (PDF).

External links edit

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