San Francisco de Dos Ríos explained

San Francisco de Dos Ríos
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:San Francisco de Dos Ríos district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:San Francisco de Dos Ríos district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:9.9083°N -84.0582°W
Map Alt:San Francisco de Dos Ríos district
Established Title:Creation
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:San José
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:San José
Area Total Km2:2.64
Elevation M:1168
Population Total:20209
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:10106

San Francisco de Dos Ríos is the sixth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1] [2] 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[3] 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).[4]

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. [5]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: es . Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP . Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica . 26 September 2020 . 19 March 2019.
  2. Book: es . División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica. 8 March 2017. Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 978-9977-58-477-5.
  3. Web site: es . Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.
  4. http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984
  5. Web site: es . Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.