San Francisco de Dos Ríos

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 2.64 km2 and an elevation of 1,168 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).

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 20,209 inhabitants.

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 * CR RNP 39.svg National Route 39
 * CR RNS 204.svg National Route 204
 * CR RNS 207.svg National Route 207
 * CR RNS 209.svg National Route 209
 * CR RNS 211.svg National Route 211