San José Province
Goicoechea
Mata de Plátano District

Carmen

Carmen is the first distrito of San José Canton in , and one of the four administrative units that form downtown. This district is not heavily populated although it is a busy downtown area in daytime.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 3,200 residents
  • Description: district in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “Carmen de San José”, “El Carmen”, “Mata de Platano”, and “Mata de Plátano”
  • Address: San José, 10101
  • Postal code: 10101

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parque España and Museo del Jade.

Park
Photo: Rodtico21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park.

Museum
The is an archaeological museum in , . Since 2014, it has been located in front of Plaza de la Democracia. It was founded in 1977 by Fidel Tristán Castro, the first president of the INS.

Library
La Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano", also known as the Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica is the national library of in . It is tasked with curating the cultural heritage of Costa Rica and maintains three copies of every book ever published in the country in addition to other works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catedral and San José.

Village
is a district of the San José canton, in the province of , it is one of the four administrative units that form downtown properly.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the capital and largest city of . The undisputed cultural and economic center of Costa Rica's central valley, where most of the population lives, is also the most important transportation hub for domestic travel even though the international airport is in .

Village
is a district of the San José canton, in the province of . It is one of the four administrative units that form downtown properly.

Carmen

Latitude
9.93487° or 9° 56′ 6″ north
Longitude
-84.0743° or 84° 4′ 28″ west
Population
3,200
Elevation
1,300 metres (4,265 feet)
Open location code
66XQWWMG+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3645230578
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3622911
Wiki­data ID
Q2407745
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Carmen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Carmen”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Carmen”
  • Chinese: “卡門區”
  • Danish: “Carmen”
  • Dutch: “Carmen District”
  • Estonian: “El Carmeni distrikt”
  • Estonian: “El Carmeni ringkond”
  • Italian: “El Carmen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carmen”
  • Norwegian: “Carmen”
  • Polish: “Carmen (San José)”
  • Polish: “Carmen”
  • Spanish: “Carmen de San José”
  • Spanish: “Carmen”
  • Spanish: “El Carmen”
  • Swedish: “Carmen”

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