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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:
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.
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]
Heredia Province (4 C, 1 P) L. Limón Province (4 C, 9 P) P. Puntarenas Province (4 C, 5 P) S. San José Province (6 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Provinces of Costa Rica"
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [1] The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, ... Costa Rica: 0.2%: 51,100 (19,700) 10
Provinces 1 Alajuela, 2 Cartago, 3 Guanacaste, 4 Heredia, 5 Limón, 6 Puntarenas, 7 San José (from Costa Rica) Image 32 The golden toad, an amphibian once endemic to Costa Rica, is now extinct. (from Wildlife of Costa Rica )
Alajuela has an area of 391.62 km 2 (151.21 sq mi) [3] and a mean elevation of 942 m (3,091 ft). [1]Northward from the city of Alajuela, the canton continues along the border with the province of Heredia to its east, encompassing a strip of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) between Poas Volcano and Barva Volcano.