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

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
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
Politics of Costa Rica
Constitution
Executive
  • President (list)
    Rodrigo Chaves Robles
  • Vice Presidents
    Stephan Brunner
    Mary Munive
Legislature
Judiciary
  • Supreme Court of Justice
    President: Fernando Cruz Castro
Administrative divisions
Elections
  • Recent elections
    2007 CAFTA referendum
  • Political parties
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship
    Minister: Rodolfo Solano
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Costa Rica
flag Costa Rica portal

See also
  • ISO 3166-2:CR
  • Cantons of Costa Rica
  • Districts of Costa Rica
  • List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index

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

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