Geography and Demography
Hospital District 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. The district had 3.38 km² and 27,649 inhabitants on December 31, 2008 (850,500,180.18 inhabitants per km².)
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