[1][2] It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed by the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral).

San Francisco de Dos Ríos has an area of 2.64 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,168 metres.

[4] 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.

For the 2011 census, San Francisco de Dos Ríos had a population of 20,209 inhabitants.

[7] The district is covered by the following road routes: This Costa Rican location article is a stub.