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title: "List of Cities in Costa Rica Alphabetically"
url: https://33travels.com/list-of-cities-in-costa-rica-alphabetically/
author: "Lena Marchetti"
published: 2024-10-17
updated: 2026-04-06
place: "Costa Rica"
---

# List of Cities in Costa Rica Alphabetically

Costa Rica is a small country found in Central America. It occupies an area of **51,180 km2 (19,760 mi2)**. For comparison, that means that you could fit 192 countries the size of Costa Rica in the United States.

Costa Rica has a population of 5.1 million people. Its most populated city is its capital, San José.

In the following table, you will find the list of the larger cities in the country.

| City | Province | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abangares | Guanacaste | 18,039 |
| Acosta | San José | 20,209 |
| Alajuela | Alajuela | 302,074 |
| Alajuelita | San José | 77,603 |
| Aserrí | San José | 57,892 |
| Atenas | Alajuela | 25,460 |
| Bagaces | Guanacaste | 19,536 |
| Barva | Heredia | 40,660 |
| Belén | Heredia | 21,633 |
| Buenos Aires | Puntarenas | 45,244 |
| Cañas | Guanacaste | 26,201 |
| Carrillo | Guanacaste | 37,122 |
| Cartago | Cartago | 147,898 |
| Corredores | Puntarenas | 41,831 |
| Coto Brus | Puntarenas | 38,453 |
| Curridabat | San José | 65,206 |
| Desamparados | San José | 208,411 |
| Dota | San José | 6,946 |
| El Guarco | Cartago | 41,793 |
| Escazú | San José | 56,509 |
| Esparza | Puntarenas | 28,644 |
| Flores | Heredia | 20,037 |
| Garabito | Puntarenas | 17,229 |
| Goicoechea | San José | 115,084 |
| Golfito | Puntarenas | 39,150 |
| Grecia | Alajuela | 76,898 |
| Guácimo | Limón | 41,266 |
| Guatuso | Alajuela | 15,508 |
| Heredia | Heredia | 123,616 |
| Hojancha | Guanacaste | 7,197 |
| Jiménez | Cartago | 14,669 |
| La Cruz | Guanacaste | 19,181 |
| La Unión | Cartago | 99,399 |
| León Cortés Castro | San José | 12,200 |
| Liberia | Guanacaste | 62,987 |
| Limón | Limón | 94,415 |
| Los Chiles | Alajuela | 23,735 |
| Matina | Limón | 37,721 |
| Montes de Oca | San José | 49,132 |
| Montes de Oro | Puntarenas | 12,950 |
| Mora | San José | 26,294 |
| Moravia | San José | 56,919 |
| Nandayure | Guanacaste | 11,121 |
| Naranjo | Alajuela | 42,713 |
| Nicoya | Guanacaste | 50,825 |
| Oreamuno | Cartago | 45,473 |
| Orotina | Alajuela | 20,341 |
| Osa | Puntarenas | 29,433 |
| Palmares | Alajuela | 34,716 |
| Paraíso | Cartago | 57,743 |
| Parrita | Puntarenas | 16,115 |
| Pérez Zeledón | San José | 134,534 |
| Poás | Alajuela | 29,199 |
| Pococí | Limón | 125,962 |
| Puntarenas | Puntarenas | 115,019 |
| Puriscal | San José | 33,004 |
| Quepos | Puntarenas | 26,861 |
| San Carlos | Alajuela | 163,745 |
| San Isidro | Heredia | 20,633 |
| San José | San José | 288,054 |
| San Mateo | Alajuela | 6,136 |
| San Pablo | Heredia | 27,671 |
| San Rafael | Heredia | 45,965 |
| San Ramón | Alajuela | 80,566 |
| Santa Ana | San José | 49,123 |
| Santa Bárbara | Heredia | 36,243 |
| Santa Cruz | Guanacaste | 60,499 |
| Santo Domingo | Heredia | 40,072 |
| Sarapiquí | Heredia | 57,147 |
| Siquirres | Limón | 56,786 |
| Talamanca | Limón | 30,712 |
| Tarrazú | San José | 16,280 |
| Tibás | San José | 64,842 |
| Tilarán | Guanacaste | 19,640 |
| Turrialba | Cartago | 69,616 |
| Upala | Alajuela | 43,953 |
| Vázquez de Coronado | San José | 60,486 |
| Zarcero | Alajuela | 12,205 |