El Guarco | |
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 El Guarco canton | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Costa_Rica_location_map.svg)  El Guarco El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°43′52″N 83°54′30″W / 9.7310041°N 83.9083096°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Creation | 26 July 1939[1] |
| Head city | Tejar |
| Districts | Districts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de El Guarco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 167.69 km2 (64.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,526 m (5,007 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 41,793 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 308 |
| Website | muniguarco |
El Guarco is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is in Tejar district.
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.