Provinces
Costa Rica is divided into 7 provinces, which are further sub-divided into 81 cantons as shown below:
Alajuela Province
Central and north of capital San José; agriculture and industrial manufacturing.
- Alajuela
- Alfaro Ruiz
- Atenas
- Grecia
- Guatuso
- Los Chiles
- Naranjo
- Orotina
- Palmares
- Poás
- San Carlos
- San Mateo
- San Ramón
- Upala
- Valverde Vega
Cartago Province
Former Costa Rican Provincial capital during colonial times.
- Alvarado
- Cartago
- El Guarco
- Jiménez
- La Unión
- Oreamuno
- Paraíso
- Turrialba
Guanacaste Province
North-west; important tourist and agricultural area.
- Abangares
- Bagaces
- Cañas Blancas
- Carrillo
- Hojancha
- La Cruz
- Liberia
- Nandayure
- Nicoya
- Santa Cruz
- Tilarán
Heredia Province
Central and north of capital; industrial manufacturing.
- Barva
- Belén
- Flores
- Heredia
- San Isidro
- San Pablo
- San Rafael
- Santa Bárbara
- Santo Domingo
- Sarapiquí
Limón Province
On Caribbean coast; agricultural and eco-tourism area.
- Guácimo
- Limón
- Matina
- Pococí
- Siquirres
- Talamanca
Puntarenas Province
Reaches along most of the Pacific coast, with a large bulge in the south-west and a smaller one at the northern end at both sides of the Golfo de Nicoya, where the eponymous capital is located.
- Aguirre
- Buenos Aires
- Corredores
- Coto Brus
- Esparza
- Garabito
- Golfito
- Montes de Oro
- Osa
- Parrita
- Puntarenas
San José Province
Political, technological and economical centre of Costa Rica.
- Acosta
- Alajuelita
- Aserrí
- Curridabat
- Desamparados
- Dota
- Escazú
- Goicoechea
- Leon Cortés
- Montes de Oca
- Mora
- Moravia
- Perez Zeledón
- Puriscal
- San José
- Santa Ana
- Tarrazú
- Tibás
- Turrubares
- Vásquez de Coronado
