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.
San Francisco de Dos Ríos | |
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 San Francisco de Dos Ríos district | |
  San Francisco de Dos Ríos San Francisco de Dos Ríos district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°54′30″N 84°03′29″W / 9.9082933°N 84.0581714°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Canton | San José |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.64 km2 (1.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,168 m (3,832 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 20,209 |
| • Density | 7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 10106 |
Geography
editSan Francisco de Dos Ríos has an area of 2.64 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,168 metres.[1]
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
editSan 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
edit| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1864 | 461 | — |
| 1883 | 493 | +0.35% |
| 1892 | 562 | +1.47% |
| 1927 | 730 | +0.75% |
| 1950 | 2,319 | +5.15% |
| 1963 | 6,422 | +8.15% |
| 1973 | 10,241 | +4.78% |
| 1984 | 15,256 | +3.69% |
| 2000 | 21,724 | +2.23% |
| 2011 | 20,209 | −0.66% |
| 2022 | 21,682 | +0.64% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6] | ||
For the 2011 census, San Francisco de Dos Ríos had a population of 20,209 inhabitants. [7]
Transportation
editRoad transportation
editThe district is covered by the following road routes:
External links
edit- Municipalidad de San José. Distrito San Francisco de Dos Ríos – Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info.
References
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- ^ a b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
- ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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