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This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.

Cantons (Spanish: cantones) are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces (provincias) are subdivided into 81 cantons (counties), and these are further subdivided into districts (distritos).

A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of municipalities (municipalidad). Each municipality has its own mayor (alcalde) and several county representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections (Concejo Municipal).

Cantons of Costa Rica^[1]
Code	Province	Canton	Area (km²)	Pop. (2008)
101	San José	San José	44.62	352,366
102	San José	Escazú	34.49	60,201
103	San José	Desamparados	118.26	221,346
104	San José	Puriscal	553.66	32,767
105	San José	Tarrazú	297.50	16,419
106	San José	Aserrí	167.10	56,422
107	San José	Mora	162.04	24,333
108	San José	Goicoechea	31.50	131,529
109	San José	Santa Ana	61.42	39,905
110	San José	Alajuelita	21.17	81,721
111	San José	Vázquez de Coronado	222.20	63,098
112	San José	Acosta	342.24	20,906
113	San José	Tibás	8.15	81,478
114	San José	Moravia	28.62	55,895
115	San José	Montes de Oca	15.16	55,814
116	San José	Turrubares	415.29	5,482
117	San José	Dota	400.22	7,465
118	San José	Curridabat	15.95	69,474
119	San José	Pérez Zeledón	1,905.51	140,872
120	San José	León Cortés Castro	120.80	13,288
201	Alajuela	Alajuela	388.43	255,598
202	Alajuela	San Ramón	1,018.64	77,380
203	Alajuela	Grecia	395.72	74,860
204	Alajuela	San Mateo	125.90	5,904
205	Alajuela	Atenas	127.19	25,033
206	Alajuela	Naranjo	126.62	42,637
207	Alajuela	Palmares	38.06	33,401
208	Alajuela	Poás	73.84	28,469
209	Alajuela	Orotina	141.92	17,866
210	Alajuela	San Carlos	3,347.98	151,322
211	Alajuela	Alfaro Ruiz	155.13	12,368
212	Alajuela	Valverde Vega	120.25	18,407
213	Alajuela	Upala	1,580.67	44,556
214	Alajuela	Los Chiles	1,358.86	23,902
215	Alajuela	Guatuso	758.32	15,068
301	Cartago	Cartago	287.77	149,657
302	Cartago	Paraíso	411.91	60,005
303	Cartago	La Unión	44.83	91,090
304	Cartago	Jiménez	286.43	15,859
305	Cartago	Turrialba	1,642.67	78,217
306	Cartago	Alvarado	81.06	13,862
307	Cartago	Oreamuno	202.31	44,403
308	Cartago	El Guarco	167.69	39,223
401	Heredia	Heredia	282.60	118,872
402	Heredia	Barva	53.80	37,041
403	Heredia	Santo Domingo	24.84	38,959
404	Heredia	Santa Bárbara	53.21	33,334
405	Heredia	San Rafael	48.39	42,398
406	Heredia	San Isidro	26.96	18,028
407	Heredia	Belén	12.15	22,400
408	Heredia	Flores	6.96	17,298
409	Heredia	San Pablo	7.53	23,370
410	Heredia	Sarapiquí	2,140.54	54,537
501	Guanacaste	Liberia	1,436.47	55,921
502	Guanacaste	Nicoya	1,333.68	47,823
503	Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	1,312.27	46,460
504	Guanacaste	Bagaces	1,273.49	18,368
505	Guanacaste	Carrillo	577.54	32,168
506	Guanacaste	Cañas	682.20	27,970
507	Guanacaste	Abangares	675.76	18,319
508	Guanacaste	Tilarán	638.39	20,337
509	Guanacaste	Nandayure	565.59	11,185
510	Guanacaste	La Cruz	1,383.90	19,978
511	Guanacaste	Hojancha	261.42	7,289
601	Puntarenas	Puntarenas	1,842.33	118,928
602	Puntarenas	Esparza	216.80	27,199
603	Puntarenas	Buenos Aires	2,384.22	47,576
604	Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	244.76	12,495
605	Puntarenas	Osa	1,930.24	29,547
606	Puntarenas	Aguirre	543.77	23,915
607	Puntarenas	Golfito	1,753.96	39,699
608	Puntarenas	Coto Brus	933.91	47,247
609	Puntarenas	Parrita	478.79	13,940
610	Puntarenas	Corredores	620.60	44,180
611	Puntarenas	Garabito	316.31	13,165
701	Limón	Limón	1,765.79	106,356
702	Limón	Pococí	2,403.49	121,735
703	Limón	Siquirres	860.19	60,881
704	Limón	Talamanca	2,809.93	32,158
705	Limón	Matina	772.64	39,961
706	Limón	Guácimo	576.48	41,082

Map showing Costa Rica's 7 provinces sub-divided into their 81 cantons.

References[edit]

^ "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009.

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