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provinces, cantons, districts of Costa Rica
According to the Political Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949, in article 168,[1] the territorial division of Costa Rica is organized by law into three types of subnational entity:
For the purposes of the Public Administration, the national territory is divided into provinces, these in cantons and cantons in districts.
Costa Rica is divided into:
7 provinces
82 cantons
492 districts
The most recent decree to this subdivision corresponds to N°41548-MGP from 28 January 2019. [2]
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.
^"Political Constitution of the Republic Of Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
^"Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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