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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]
According to the Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949, in article 168, [1] the territorial division of Costa Rica is organized by law into three types of subnational entity: For the purposes of the Public Administration, the national territory is divided into provinces, these in cantons and cantons in districts. Costa Rica is divided into:
Provinces 1 Alajuela, 2 Cartago, 3 Guanacaste, 4 Heredia, 5 Limón, 6 Puntarenas, 7 San José. Costa Rica is composed of seven provinces, which in turn are divided into 82 cantons (Spanish: cantón, plural cantones), each of which is directed by a mayor. Mayors are chosen democratically every four years by each canton.
3 districts [at] 1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis): New Caledonia: 3 provinces: 30+ communes: 1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer): French Southern and Antarctic Lands [au] 5 districts Gabon: Unitary 9 provinces: 49 departments (départements) 152 cantons: 52 communes: 29 arrondissements: Gambia: Unitary 5 regions ...
Map of Central America with Costa Rica highlighted. Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into 84 cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of municipalities.
Pages in category "Provinces of Costa Rica" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Postal codes in Costa Rica are five-digit numeric, and were introduced in March 2007; they are associated with and identify a unique district. The first digit denotes one of the seven provinces, the 2nd and 3rd refer to the 82 cantons (unique within the province), the 4th and 5th the 488 districts (unique within the canton). [2]
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.