Costa Rica Cantons

Cantons of Costa Rica

As of the 2000 census date, Costa Rica was divided into seven provinces, which were subdivided into 81 cantons, which in turn were subdivided into 459 distritos (districts). The table below shows all of the cantons of Costa Rica. Maps of the provinces, showing their division into cantons, are available from La Nación Digital , after free registration. The list of districts hasn't changed since the executive decree of 1984-10.

Canton	HASC	Code	Population	Capital
Abangares	`CR.GU.AB`	`50700`	16,276	Las Juntas
Acosta	`CR.SJ.AC`	`11200`	18,661	San Ignacio
Aguirre	`CR.PU.AG`	`60600`	20,188	Quepos
Alajuela	`CR.AL.AL`	`20100`	222,853	Alajuela
Alajuelita	`CR.SJ.AL`	`11000`	70,297	Alajuelita
Alfaro Ruiz	`CR.AL.AR`	`21100`	10,845	Zarcero
Alvarado	`CR.CA.AL`	`30600`	12,290	Pacayas
Aserrí	`CR.SJ.AS`	`10600`	49,319	Aserrí
Atenas	`CR.AL.AT`	`20500`	22,479	Atenas
Bagaces	`CR.GU.BA`	`50400`	15,972	Bagaces
Barva	`CR.HE.BA`	`40200`	32,440	Barva
Belén	`CR.HE.BE`	`40700`	19,834	San Antonio
Buenos Aires	`CR.PU.BA`	`60300`	40,139	Buenos Aires
Cañas	`CR.GU.CN`	`50600`	24,076	Cañas
Carrillo	`CR.GU.CR`	`50500`	27,306	Filadelfia
Cartago	`CR.CA.CA`	`30100`	132,057	Cartago
Corredores	`CR.PU.CO`	`61000`	37,274	Ciudad Neily
Coto Brus	`CR.PU.CB`	`60800`	40,082	San Vito
Curridabat	`CR.SJ.CU`	`11800`	60,889	Curridabat
Desamparados	`CR.SJ.DE`	`10300`	193,478	Desamparados
Dota	`CR.SJ.DO`	`11700`	6,519	Santa María
El Guarco	`CR.CA.EG`	`30800`	33,788	Tejar
Escazú	`CR.SJ.ES`	`10200`	52,372	Escazú
Esparza	`CR.PU.ES`	`60200`	23,963	Esparza
Flores	`CR.HE.FL`	`40800`	15,038	San Joaquín
Garabito	`CR.PU.GA`	`61100`	10,378	Jacó
Goicoechea	`CR.SJ.GO`	`10800`	117,532	Guadalupe
Golfito	`CR.PU.GO`	`60700`	33,823	Golfito
Grecia	`CR.AL.GR`	`20300`	65,119	Grecia
Guácimo	`CR.LI.GU`	`70600`	34,879	Guácimo
Guatuso	`CR.AL.GU`	`21500`	13,045	San Rafael
Heredia	`CR.HE.HE`	`40100`	103,894	Heredia
Hojancha	`CR.GU.HO`	`51100`	6,534	Hojancha
Jiménez	`CR.CA.JI`	`30400`	14,046	Juan Viñas
La Cruz	`CR.GU.LC`	`51000`	16,505	La Cruz
La Unión	`CR.CA.LU`	`30300`	80,279	Tres Ríos
León Cortés	`CR.SJ.LC`	`12000`	11,696	San Pablo
Liberia	`CR.GU.LI`	`50100`	46,703	Liberia
Limón	`CR.LI.LI`	`70100`	89,933	Limón
Los Chiles	`CR.AL.LC`	`21400`	19,732	Los Chiles
Matina	`CR.LI.MA`	`70500`	33,096	Matina
Montes de Oca	`CR.SJ.MO`	`11500`	50,433	San Pedro
Montes de Oro	`CR.PU.MO`	`60400`	11,159	Miramar
Mora	`CR.SJ.MR`	`10700`	21,666	Colón
Moravia	`CR.SJ.MV`	`11400`	50,419	San Vicente
Nandayure	`CR.GU.NA`	`50900`	9,985	Carmona
Naranjo	`CR.AL.NA`	`20600`	37,602	Naranjo
Nicoya	`CR.GU.NI`	`50200`	42,189	Nicoya
Oreamuno	`CR.CA.OR`	`30700`	39,032	San Rafael
Orotina	`CR.AL.OR`	`20900`	15,705	Orotina
Osa	`CR.PU.OS`	`60500`	25,861	Puerto Cortés
Palmares	`CR.AL.PA`	`20700`	29,766	Palmares
Paraíso	`CR.CA.PA`	`30200`	52,393	Paraíso
Parrita	`CR.PU.PA`	`60900`	12,112	Parrita
Pérez Zeledón	`CR.SJ.PZ`	`11900`	122,187	San Isidro
Poás	`CR.AL.PO`	`20800`	24,764	San Pedro
Pococí	`CR.LI.PO`	`70200`	103,121	Guápiles
Puntarenas	`CR.PU.PU`	`60100`	102,504	Puntarenas
Puriscal	`CR.SJ.PU`	`10400`	29,407	Santiago
San Carlos	`CR.AL.SC`	`21000`	127,140	Ciudad Quesada
San Isidro	`CR.HE.SI`	`40600`	16,056	San Isidro
San José	`CR.SJ.SJ`	`10100`	309,672	San José
San Mateo	`CR.AL.SM`	`20400`	5,343	San Mateo
San Pablo	`CR.HE.SP`	`40900`	20,813	San Pablo
San Rafael	`CR.HE.SR`	`40500`	37,293	San Rafael
San Ramón	`CR.AL.SR`	`20200`	67,975	San Ramón
Santa Ana	`CR.SJ.SA`	`10900`	34,507	Santa Ana
Santa Bárbara	`CR.HE.SB`	`40400`	29,181	Santa Bárbara
Santa Cruz	`CR.GU.SC`	`50300`	40,821	Santa Cruz
Santo Domingo	`CR.HE.SD`	`40300`	34,748	Santo Domingo
Sarapiquí	`CR.HE.SA`	`41000`	45,435	Puerto Viejo
Siquirres	`CR.LI.SI`	`70300`	52,409	Siquirres
Talamanca	`CR.LI.TA`	`70400`	25,857	Bratsi
Tarrazú	`CR.SJ.TA`	`10500`	14,160	San Marcos
Tibás	`CR.SJ.TI`	`11300`	72,074	San Juan
Tilarán	`CR.GU.TI`	`50800`	17,871	Tilarán
Turrialba	`CR.CA.TU`	`30500`	68,510	Turrialba
Turrubares	`CR.SJ.TU`	`11600`	4,877	San Pablo
Upala	`CR.AL.UP`	`21300`	37,679	Upala
Valverde Vega	`CR.AL.VV`	`21200`	16,239	Sarchí
Vásquez de Coronado	`CR.SJ.VC`	`11100`	55,585	San Isidro
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the province. Code: Five-digit code for the administrative divisions of Costa Rica, defined by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Population: 2000-06-26 census. Capital: Cabecera, according to La Nación Digital.

The HASC code for the province to which a canton belongs can be found by taking the first four letters of the canton's HASC code. Also, the census code for the province is the first digit of the canton's census code, followed by "0000". For a list of provinces with their census codes, see the Provinces of Costa Rica page.

Territorial extent:

Isla del Coco is in Puntarenas district.

Other names of subdivisions:

León Cortés: León Cortés Castro (variant)

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