Administrative divisions of Costa Rica

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provinces, cantons, districts of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is divided into:

• 7 provinces
• 81 cantons
• districts

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.

See also

• Postal codes in Costa Rica

References

• http://www.inec.go.cr/Encuestas/Manual de códigos geográficos

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