San Francisco de Dos Ríos is the sixth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed by the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral). The district is primarily residential and industrial. It's also famous for the numerous motels between its boundaries.
Geography San Francisco de Dos Ríos has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres.
It lies on the south-east of the canton, between Curridabat and Desamparados cantons (bordering them to the east and to the south respectively) and between the districts of San Sebastián and Zapote (bordering them also to the west and to the north respectively).Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984 , published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)
Locations San Francisco de Dos Ríos district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Ahogados (part of it), Camelias, Cinco Esquinas, Coopeguaria, El Bosque, El Faro, Fátima, Hispano, San Marino Sur, I Griega, La Cabaña, Lincoln, Lomas de San Francisco, Maalot, Méndez, Pacífica, San Francisco de Dos Ríos (center), Sauces, Saucitos and Zurquí.
Demographics
For the 2011 census, San Francisco de Dos Ríos had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: National Route 39 National Route 204 National Route 207 National Route 209 National Route 211
External links Municipalidad de San José. Distrito San Francisco de Dos Ríos – Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info.
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