List of cities in Costa Rica

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This is a list of the cities in Costa Rica as of 2006. Current official figures can be found on the Internet.

By far the largest agglomeration in Costa Rica is San José with a population of 1,611,616 (as of January 1, 2006). A quarter of the country's population is thus concentrated in the capital region.

The following table lists the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, the results of the census of June 10, 1984 and June 28, 2000, a calculation for January 1, 2006 and the province to which the city belongs. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement in the narrower sense - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense.

Cities in Costa Rica
rank city Residents province
1984 census 2000 census 2006 calculation
1. San Jose 241.464 309,672 339,588 San Jose
2. Puerto Limón 33,925 55,667 64,285 Limón
3. San Francisco 11,557 40,840 59,484 Heredia
4th Alajuela 29,273 42,889 48,366 Alajuela
5. Liberia 12,335 34,469 47,906 Guanacaste
6th Paraíso 10,917 30,049 41,936 Cartago
7th Desamparados 43,352 36,437 39,704 San Jose
8th. San Isidro de El General 14,529 28,527 36,258 San Jose
9. Puntarenas 28,390 32,460 36,242 Puntarenas
10. Curridabat 19,821 30,316 35,443 San Jose
11. San Vicente de Moravia 24,661 31,693 34,947 San Jose
12. San Jose de Alajuela k. A. 27,774 32,187 Alajuela
13. Purral k. A. 26,767 30,701 San Jose
14th Turrialba 13,898 24,671 29,848 Cartago
15th San Miguel 12,053 25,691 29,467 San Jose
16. Aguacaliente k. A. 25,382 29,140 Cartago
17th San Rafael Abajo 11,555 22,481 28,490 San Jose
18th Quesada 13,066 23,331 28.134 Alajuela
19th San Pedro Montes de Oca 24,519 26,524 27,599 San Jose
20th Mercedes 6,557 19,717 27,461 Heredia
21st Cartago 23,928 23,978 27,049 Cartago
22nd Chacarita k. A. 23.163 27.008 Puntarenas
23. San Rafael de Coronado 5,935 19.198 26,854 San Jose
24. Ipís 25,586 26,155 26,699 San Jose
25th Aserrí k. A. 23,059 26,448 San Jose
26th Guadalupe 25.506 23,723 26,408 San Jose
27. San Juan de Tibas 22,415 24,944 26.205 San Jose
28. San Rafael de Oreamuno 10,528 22,592 25,937 Cartago
29 Patalillo 6,025 17,731 25,805 San Jose
30th San Felipe k. A. 22,267 25,540 San Jose
31. Patarrá k. A. 21,374 24,516 San Jose
32. El Tejar 7,636 17,746 23,483 Cartago
33. San Nicolás k. A. 20.171 23,157 Cartago
34. Conceptión 11,058 18,762 22,714 San Jose
35. San Pablo 7,401 17,519 22,571 Heredia
36. Tirrases 5,775 15,826 22,494 San Jose
37. Heredia 21,441 20.191 22,241 Heredia
38. San Antonio 7,298 16,072 21,233 San Jose
39. Cañas 9,220 16,512 21,135 Guanacaste
40. Calle Blancos 16,155 19,411 20,929 San Jose
41. Ulloa k. A. 17,747 20,456 Heredia

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  1. ↑ Current official population figures in urban areas and settlements