| Provinces |
| The Provinces and Cities of Costa Rica |
| Provinces of Costa Rica are the Primary subdivisions |
| Costa Rica is divided into 7 provinces (provincias), which were subdivided into 81 counties (cantones), which in turn were subdivided into 459 districts (distritos). |
| Population by City |
| Provinces of Costa Rica : Total 7 |
| Provinces ar Primary subdivisions: |
| Province - HASC - ISO - FIPS - Code - Population - Area(km.²) - Area(mi.²) - Capital |
| Alajuela - CR.AL - A - CS01 - 20000 - 716,286 - 9,754 - 3,766 - Alajuela |
| Cartago - CR.CA - C - CS02 - 30000 - 432,395 - 3,125 - 1,206 - Cartago |
| Guanacaste - CR.GU - G - CS03 - 50000 - 264,238 - 10,141 - 3,915 - Liberia |
| Heredia - CR.HE - H - CS04 - 40000 - 354,732 - 2,657 - 1,026 - Heredia |
| Limón - CR.LI - L - CS06 - 70000 - 339,295 - 9,189 - 3,548 - Puerto Limón |
| Puntarenas - CR.PU - P - CS07 - 60000 - 357,483 - 11,266 - 4,350 - Puntarenas |
| San José - CR.SJ - SJ - CS08 - 10000 - 1,345,750 - 4,960 - 1,915 - San José |
| 7 provinces - 3,810,179 - 51,090 - 19,726 - |
| Total of Counties and Dictricts by Province |
| Province - Number of Counties - Number of Districts - Area in Km2 - Population |
| San José - 20 - 116 - 4965.90 - 1 345 750 |
| Alajuela - 15 - 107 - 9757.53 - 716 286 |
| Cartago - 8 - 48 - 3124.67 - 432 395 |
| Heredia - 10 - 43 - 2656.98 - 354 732 |
| Guanacaste - 11 - 56 - 10140.71 - 264 238 |
| Puntarenas - 11 - 52 - 11265.69 - 357 483 |
| Limón - 6 - 27 - 9188.52 - 339 295 |
| Total - 81 - 449 - 51.100 - 3 810 179 |
| Datos de población a Agosto de 2001 del INEC |
| Distribución De Cantones Y Distritos Por Provincia |
| Provincia - N° de Cantones - N° de Distritos - Área en Km2 - Población |
| Division Territorial |
| Costa Rica Administrativamente está divida en 81 cantones y 449 distritos los cuales se encuentran repartidos en las 7 provinces que conforman nuestro país,todos estos datos son Oficiales dado que fueron tomados de la División Territorial Administrativa del año 1997, la cual fue elaborada por el Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica. |
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