World Summary --- Costa Rica

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	CRI
Continent	North America
Country Name	Costa Rica
Administrative
Admin Level Used	2
Level1 Type	Provincia
Level2 Type	Cantones
Number of Units	81
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1990
Ref. Year Last	1993
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	3,306
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	3,374
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	3,049
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	3,554
Difference '90	-8.4 %
Difference '95	5.1 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	51,100
Resolution (km)	25
PopPerUnit ('000)	44
Resources
Web Site 1	http://www.meic.go.cr/dgec
Web Site 2	http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr

Data sources Boundaries generated by the GIS facility of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). Contact: Glenn Hyman Reference: Jones, P. G. and Bell, W. C. (1997) Coverage of Latin America Administrative Divisions. Version 1.1 Apr 1997 digital dataset. CIAT Cali Colombia Pop Data from Central America Pop web site at http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr Official estimates for 1990 and 1995 from Costa Rica: población cantonal por grupos quinquenales según provincia. 1985-2000

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