Catedral District


Catedral District, the fourth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. The district receives its name because of the Cathedral and the catholic Archdiocese of San José, the only archdiocese in the country which lies between its boundaries, along with several other government buildings. The population density is the highest of the four downtown districts.

Geography and Demography

Catedral District is on the center-east of the canton, and has a small portion of boundary with Montes de Oca Canton at its eastern part. The division also borders Zapote district to the east, San Sebastián district to the south, Hospital and Merced districts to the west, and El Carmen district to the north.
The district had 2.31 km² and 17,290 inhabitants on December 31, 2008

District Information

This district comprises several "barrios" or neighbourhoods, like Bellavista, California, Carlos María Jiménez, Dolorosa, González Lahman, Güell, La Cruz, Lomas de Ocloro, Luján, Miflor, Naciones Unidas, Pacífico, San Cayetano, Soledad, Tabacalera, Vasconia. Some of the buildings between its limits are: