El Carmen, San José, Costa Rica
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El Carmen District is the first "distrito" of San José Canton, in Costa Rica, and one of the four administrative units that form San José city properly. In despite of its urbanistic importance, the district suffers from the uninhabitated peculiarity that features the entire downtown. This division only had 3,822 inhabitants in January 1st, 2006.
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El Carmen District lies in the north of the canton, limiting (clockwise) with Goicoechea Canton and Montes de Oca Canton from San José Province at the north and east respectively. The District also limits with other districts of San José Canton, Catedral district at the south and Merced District at the west.
This district comprehend several "barrios" or neighbourhoods, like Barrio Amón, Barrio Aranjuez, Barrio La California (part of it), El Carmen, El Empalme, Barrio Escalante and Barrio Otoya. Between its boundaries there is a lot of important institutions and buildings, from government, health and culture of the country.
- Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica. The national congress building.
- Hospital Calderón Guardia. One of the three main hospitals of the country.
- Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica. Costa Rica's national and major library.
- Instituto Nacional de Seguros de Costa Rica. Government-controlled monopolic enterprise for Costa Rica's insurance business.
