San Francisco de Dos Ríos, San José, Costa Rica

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Okayama Park, the main park in San Francisco Disctrict, in front of the church, and named after San José's sister city, Okayama, Japan
Okayama Park, the main park in San Francisco Disctrict, in front of the church, and named after San José's sister city, Okayama, Japan

San Francisco de Dos Ríos District, the sixth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, 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, also famous for the motels between its boundaries.

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[edit] Geography and Demography

San Francisco de Dos Ríos 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 josefino districts of San Sebastián and Catedral (bordering them also to the west and to the north respectively).[1] The district had 2.68 km²[2] and 23,459 inhabitants on June 30th, 2006 (8,753.36 inhabitants per sq km.)[3]

[edit] District Information

San Francisco de Dos Ríos district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Ahogados (part of it), Cabañas, Camelias, Coopeguaria, Faro, Fátima, Hispano, I Griega, Lincoln, Lomas de San Francisco, Maalot, Méndez, Pacífica, San Francisco de Dos Ríos (center), Sauces, Saucitos and Zurquí.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Guías de Costa Rica: Mapas y Lugares
  3. ^ Población Total Cerrada por Sexo, según Provincia, Cantón y Distrito, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC)

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