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File:Costa Rica provinces named.png The seven provinces of Costa Rica According to Article 168 [ 1] Constitution of Costa Rica , the political divisions are officially classified into three tiers of sub-national entities.
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 seven provinces (provincias ), 84 cantons (cantones ), and 489 districts (distritos ).[ 2]
List of provinces
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Province
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Capital
Area (km2 )
Population
Density (km 2 )
Human Development Index 2015[ 3]
GDP per capita 2023 (PPP 2015 dollar)[ 4]
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Alajuela.svg Alajuela
File:Alajuela in Costa Rica.svg Alajuela
9,757
885,571
90.8
0.778
19,100
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Cartago.svg Cartago
File:Cartago in Costa Rica.svg Cartago
3,124
490,903
156.2
0.786
20,000
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Guanacaste.svg Guanacaste
File:Guanacaste in Costa Rica.svg Liberia
10,141
354,154
34.9
0.755
17,500
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Heredia.svg Heredia
File:Heredia in Costa Rica.svg Heredia
2,657
433,677
163.2
0.807
19,900
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Limón.svg Limón
File:Limon in Costa Rica.svg Puerto Limón
9,189
386,862
42.1
0.735
16,300
File:Bandera de la Provincia de Puntarenas.svg Puntarenas
File:Puntarenas in Costa Rica.svg Puntarenas
11,266
410,929
36.5
0.741
17,400
File:Bandera de la Provincia de San José.svg San José
File:San Jose in Costa Rica.svg San José
4,966
1,404,242
282.8
0.792
19,800
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