Càrcer ( es, Cárcer) is a
municipality in the
''comarca'' of
Ribera Alta in the
Valencian Community, Spain.
Infrastructure
Education
With a population near 2.120, ''Càrcer'' has a public school's ''Pare Gumilla'', and ''Cárcer High School''. The village also has a music school (Unió Musical Càrcer)
Hospitals
The village has the ''Centre de salut Càrcer'' (Medical Center)
and is near from ''Alzira Hospital'' and ''Hospital Lluís Alcanyís de Xàtiva''
Notable people
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José Gumilla
Joseph Gumilla (1686, in Cárcer – 1750, in the Llanos) was a Jesuit priest who wrote a natural history of the Orinoco River region.
Biography
In 1705 he left Spain for Viceroyalty of New Granada, New Granada (today Colombia) where he studied ...
, a
Jesuit
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priest who wrote a
natural history of the
Orinoco River region
References
Municipalities in the Province of Valencia
Ribera Alta (comarca)
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