Provinces of Costa Rica

The provinces () are administrative parts of Costa Rica as in other countries.

The Constitution of Costa Rica says, in its Article 168, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts."

, there are 7 provinces (provincias), 81 cantons (cantones), and 473 districts (districtos).

History
The Law No. 36 of 7 December 1848 divided the country, for the first time, in provinces, cantons and districts, and created 6 provinces:
 San José
 Alajuela
 Cartago
 Heredia
 Guanacaste

The law made Puntarenas as comarca, an old category that does not exist any more. Puntarenas was made a province in 1858. In 1870, Limón was made a comarca with the eastern part of the Cartago province; in 1902, Limón was made a province.

List of provinces
300px|thumb|center|The seven provinces of Costa Rica

 Flag Province Map ISO 3166-2 Capital Area(km2) Population(2011) Density 40px San José 60px CR-SJ San José    40px Alajuela 60px CR-A Alajuela    40px Cartago 60px CR-C Cartago    40px Heredia 60px CR-H Heredia    40px Guanacaste 60px CR-G Liberia    40px Puntarenas 60px CR-P Puntarenas    40px Limón 60px CR-L Puerto Limón   

Related pages
 Cantons of Costa Rica

References