El Guarco Canton
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El Guarco is the name of the eighth canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 167.69 km²[1], and has a population of 36,291[2]. The capital city of the canton is El Tejar.
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 Carretera Interamericana (Pan-American Highway) delineates the canton's lengthy southwestern border.
The canton of El Guarco is subdivided into 4 distritos (districts).
- El Tejar
- San Isidro
- Tobosí
- Patio de Agua
[edit] History=
The canton was established by a decree of July 26, 1939.
[edit] References
- ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
- ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
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