Hospital (district)

Hospital is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. The district houses, along with Merced district, the main commercial activity of the city, and is the most populous of the four central districts.

Geography
Hospital has an area of 3.3 km2 and an elevation of 1160 metres.

It lies in the center of the canton, the only one which limits with districts of San José and not with other cantons. The district borders (clockwards) with Merced district to the north, El Carmen and Catedral districts to the east, San Sebastián and Hatillo districts to the south, and Mata Redonda district to the west.

Demographics
For the 2011 census, Hospital had a population of 19270 inhabitants.

Locations
This district comprehend several "barrios" or neighbourhoods, like Almendares, Ángeles, Bolívar, Cant, Colón (part of it), La Merced, Pacífico (part of it), Pinos, Salubridad, San Bosco, San Francisco, Santa Lucía and Silos. Between its boundaries there is a lot of important institutions and buildings, from government, health and culture of the country.


 * Parque Central de San José.
 * Hospital San Juan de Dios. One of the three main hospitals of the country.
 * Hospital de Niños. Hospital specialized in infants.
 * Teatro Popular Melico Salazar. The second most important theater in the country, after Costa Rica's National Theater.

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 * CR RNP 1.svg National Route 1
 * CR RNP 2.svg National Route 2
 * CR RNP 27.svg National Route 27
 * CR RNS 110.svg National Route 110
 * CR RNS 167.svg National Route 167
 * CR RNS 176.svg National Route 176
 * CR RNS 213.svg National Route 213
 * CR RNS 214.svg National Route 214
 * CR RNS 215.svg National Route 215