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.
2-407: Hospital has an area of 3.3 km 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. For
4-412: The 2011 census , Hospital had a population of 19270 inhabitants. 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
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