Costa Rica may be a small country, but it’s got so much to see and so much to do. From volcanoes, beaches, valleys, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and more.
Costa Rica is a country divided into 7 provinces. Each province is divided into cantons, and each canton into districts. Kind of like the way the US is divided into states, each state into counties, and each county into towns.
Let’s start by getting to know the different provinces in Costa Rica.
Here’s a table with the provinces and the different cantons in each.
| San José | Alajuela | Heredia | Puntarenas | Guanacaste | Cartago | Limón |
| San José | Alajuela | Heredia | Aguirre | Abangares | Cartago | Guácimo |
| Curridabat | San Ramón | Barva | Buenos Aires | Bagaces | Paraíso | Limón |
| Escazú | Grecia | Santo Domingo | Corredores | Cañas | La Unión | Matina |
| Desamparados | San Mateo | Santa Bárbara | Coto Brus | Carrillo | Jiménez | Pococí |
| Puriscal | Atenas | San Rafael | Esparza | Hojancha | Turrialba | Siquirres |
| Tarrazú | Naranjo | San Isidro | Garabito | La Cruz | Alvarado | Talamanca |
| Aserrí | Palmares | Belén | Golfito | Liberia | Oreamuno | |
| Mora | Poás | Flores | Montes de Oro | Nandayure | El Guarco | |
| Goicoechea | Orotina | San Pablo | Osa | Nicoya | ||
| Santa Ana | San Carlos | Sarapiquí | Parrita | Santa Cruz | ||
| Alajuelita | Alfaro Ruiz | Puntarenas | Tilarán | |||
| Vásquez de Coronado | Valverde Vega | |||||
| Acosta | Upala | |||||
| Tibás | Los Chiles | |||||
| Moravia | Guatuso | |||||
| Montes de Oca | ||||||
| Turrubares | ||||||
| Dota | ||||||
| Pérez Zeledón | ||||||
| León Cortés |
Of course, the largest of the provinces is San José with 20 cantons. I live in Santa Ana, San José.
Here’s a map of Costa Rica and its provinces.
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