Costa Rica / Costa Rica

Administrative hierarchy of Costa Rica: 7 provinces, 84 cantons, 492 districts. With coordinates (lat/lon) and bilingual names at every level.

7
Province (Provincia)
84
Canton (Cantón)
492
District (Distrito)
583
Total Records
Coordinates
lat/lon at every level
Bilingual
Local script + English
JSON API
/api/v1/countries/cr.json
No Postal
Not available

Hierarchy

7 Province → 84 Canton → 492 District

Provincia / Province

Name (Local) Name (EN) ID Coordinates Children
San José San Jose CR1 9.633, -84.067 20
Alajuela Alajuela CR2 10.452, -84.466 16
Cartago Cartago CR3 9.816, -83.694 8
Heredia Heredia CR4 10.376, -84.013 10
Guanacaste Guanacaste CR5 10.473, -85.277 11
Puntarenas Puntarenas CR6 9.189, -83.275 13
Limón Limon CR7 10.009, -83.372 6

Data Access

GET /api/v1/countries/cr.json

Full dataset including all levels. CORS enabled, no auth required.

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GitHub Repository

Full dataset with browsable hierarchy, aggregate files, and AI-friendly exports:

open-admin-data/costa-rica-administrative-divisions

Source

OCHA COD-AB (HDX)
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-cri
License: CC BY-IGO