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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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Theatre of Costa Rica and Museo del Jade.

Theater building
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of . Construction began in 1897, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.

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.

Theater building
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The is located in . It maintains a full schedule of concerts, recitals, and plays. While large and built in the European Baroque style, it is far simpler than the Parisian influenced one block east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pedro de Montes de Oca and Curridabat.

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is a city in the of east of the capital, . It is the main city in the canton of Montes de Oca, and is best known as the location of the University of Costa Rica, the largest public university in the country.

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is a prosperous suburb of on the route east to Cartago. There are boutique shops, malls, and upscale neighborhoods in .

Village
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is the eleventh district of the San José canton, in the province of . An important residential district, is the third most populous and second most densely populated in the canton.

Carmen

Latitude
9.9364° or 9° 56′ 11″ north
Longitude
-84.0693° or 84° 4′ 10″ west
Population
2,700
Elevation
1,193 metres (3,914 feet)
Open location code
66XQWWPJ+H7
Geo­Names ID
11239573
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