Provinces of Costa Rica

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Costa Rica

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Costa Rica
Other countries · Atlas
 Politics Portal
view • talk • edit

Costa Rica consists of seven provinces:

1. Alajuela (central; north of capital San José)
Provinces of Costa Rica
2. Cartago
3. Guanacaste (north-west)
4. Heredia
5. Limón (Caribbean coast)
6. Puntarenas (south-west)
7. San José (area around capital)
Province Population  % of total Pop. density (/km²) Area  % of total
San José 1,345,750 35.3% 271.3 11,266 22.1%
Alajuela 716,286 18.8% 73.4 10,141 19.8%
Cartago 432,395 11.3% 138.4 9,754 19.1%
Puntarenas 357,483 9.4% 31.7 9,189 18.0%
Heredia 354,732 9.3% 133.5 4,960 9.7%
Limón 339,295 8.9% 36.9 3,125 6.1%
Guanacaste 264,238 6.9% 26.1 2,657 5.2%
Costa Rica 3,810,179 74.6 51,092
v • d • e
Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries
Table of administrative country subdivisions by country
 This Costa Rican location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.