| 词条 | Merced District |
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Merced District, the second "distrito" of San José Canton, in Costa Rica, is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. This division is merely commercial, but covers an important part of "josefino" life and activities. Geography and DemographyMerced District lies in the north of the canton, limiting only with Tibás Canton from San José Province to the north, and with the districts of Uruca to the north, Mata Redonda to the west, Hospital to the south, and Uruca and El Carmen "distritos" to the east, all of them from the same canton of San José.[1]The district had 2.29 km² and 15,368 inhabitants on December 31, 2008 (6,710.92 inhabitants per km²).[2] District InformationThis district comprehend several "barrios" or neighbourhoods, like Bajos de la Unión, Claret, Coca-Cola, Iglesias Flores, Mantica, Barrio México, Paso de la Vaca y Pitahaya. In the territory there are many banks, public institutions and popular markets. Its main landmark is the Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture, one of the main institutions of Costa Rican culture. The neighborhoods are full of history and some of them are known for received several immigrants from all over the world during different decades. By the early 1950s a lot of members of the Jewish and Asian communities were established around Paseo Colón near Barrio La Pitahaya and Mantica, this changed drastically after moving San José Synagogue to the West Area of the city (Escazú). Nowadays the zone is populated by Costa Ricans, Nicaraguans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Americans, Italians and Dominicans. Making La Pitahaya one of the most diverse neighborhood in SJO. Barrio Mexico and Barrio Claret has being the first stop in San José for thousands for limonenses since the early 1960s.{{fact|date=November 2018}} References1. ^Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP) 2. ^Población Total Cerrada por Sexo, según Provincia, Cantón y Distrito{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) External links
1 : Districts of San José (canton) |
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