El Guarco (canton)

El Guarco
Canton
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El Guarco canton
El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica
El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica
El Guarco
El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°43′52″N 83°54′30″W / 9.7310041°N 83.9083096°W / 9.7310041; -83.9083096
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
Creation26 July 1939[1]
Head cityTejar
Districts
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de El Guarco
Area
 • Total
167.69 km2 (64.75 sq mi)
Elevation
1,526 m (5,007 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
41,793
 • Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code308
Websitemuniguarco.go.cr

El Guarco is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[2][3] 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.[1]

Geography

El Guarco has an area of 167.69 km2[4] and a mean elevation of 1,526 metres.[2]

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:

  1. Tejar
  2. San Isidro
  3. Tobosi
  4. Patio de Agua

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
19506,385—    
19639,689+3.26%
197314,030+3.77%
198420,807+3.65%
200033,788+3.08%
201141,793+1.95%
202247,375+1.15%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, El Guarco had a population of 41,793 inhabitants.[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.


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