Hospital is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

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

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. The district borders (clockwards) with

Merced Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1 ...

district to the north, El Carmen and Catedral districts to the east, San Sebastián and Hatillo districts to the south, and

Mata Redonda Mata Redonda is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Mata Redonda has an area of 3.69 km2 and an elevation of 1125 metres. It borders with two San José cantons, Escazú and Alajuelit ...

district to the west.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)

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.