page_title: Administrative divisions of Costa Rica
hierarchical_section_title: Administrative divisions of Costa Rica
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the districts (distritos) of Costa Rica.
context_page_description: According to the Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949, in article 168, 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:
  7 provinces
  82 cantons
  488 districts
  The most recent decree to this subdivision corresponds to N°41548-MGP from 28 January 2019.
  All entities are numbered, the provinces get 1 digit, the cantons 3 digit with the first being the number of the province, the districts get 5 digits with the first 3 being the numbers of the canton.
  The district numbers are also used as postal codes.
context_section_description: According to the Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949, in article 168, 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:
  7 provinces
  82 cantons
  488 districts
  The most recent decree to this subdivision corresponds to N°41548-MGP from 28 January 2019. 
  All entities are numbered, the provinces get 1 digit, the cantons 3 digit with the first being the number of the province, the districts get 5 digits with the first 3 being the numbers of the canton.
  The district numbers are also used as postal codes.
caption: provinces, cantons, districts of Costa Rica
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