San Francisco de Dos Ríos is the sixth

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of the San José canton, in the San José province of

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. It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed by the districts of El Carmen,

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and

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). The district is primarily residential and industrial. It's also famous for the numerous

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s between its boundaries.

Geography

San Francisco de Dos Ríos has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. It lies on the south-east of the canton, between

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cantons (bordering them to the east and to the south respectively) and between the districts of

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and Zapote (bordering them also to the west and to the north respectively).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)

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.