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.^[1][2]

Hospital
District
Hospital district
Hospital Hospital district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°55′36″N 84°05′21″W / 9.9265555°N 84.0890355°W / 9.9265555; -84.0890355
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Canton	San José
Area
• Total	3.3 km^2 (1.3 sq mi)
Elevation	1,160 m (3,810 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,270
• Density	5,800/km^2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	10103

Geography

Hospital has an area of 3.3 km^2[3] and an elevation of 1160 metres.^[1]

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.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	4,301		—
1892	6,032		40.2%
1927	18,604		208.4%
1950	33,858		82.0%
1963	38,361		13.3%
1973	34,689		−9.6%
1984	27,097		−21.9%
2000	24,175		−10.8%
2011	19,270		−20.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Hospital had a population of 19270 inhabitants. ^[7]

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:

•   National Route 1
•   National Route 2
•   National Route 27
•   National Route 110
•   National Route 167
•   National Route 176
•   National Route 213
•   National Route 214
•   National Route 215

References

•  Costa Rica portal

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. 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)
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
7. "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.

External links

• – Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info.