- Source: El Guarco (canton)
El Guarco is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Tejar district.
Toponymy
Named after El Guarco, a cacique in the colonial era.
History
El Guarco was created on 26 July 1939 by decree 195.
Geography
El Guarco has an area of 167.69 km2 and a mean elevation of 1,526 metres.
El Guarco is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its capital city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range). The Pan-American Highway, locally designated as Route 2, delineates the canton's lengthy southwestern border.
Districts
The canton of El Guarco is subdivided into the following districts:
Tejar
San Isidro
Tobosi
Patio de Agua
Demographics
For the 2011 census, El Guarco had a population of 41,793 inhabitants.
Transportation
= Road transportation
=The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Provinsi Cartago
- Kanton di Kosta Rika
- El Guarco (canton)
- El Guarco
- El Tejar de El Guarco
- El Tejar
- San Isidro District, El Guarco
- List of places named after people
- Cartago (canton)
- Tejar
- San Isidro
- Cantons of Costa Rica
