El Guarco | |
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![]() El Guarco canton | |
Coordinates: 9°43′52″N83°54′30″W / 9.7310041°N 83.9083096°W | |
Country | ![]() |
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.
El Guarco was created on 26 July 1939 by decree 195. [1]
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.
The canton of El Guarco is subdivided into the following districts:
Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1950 | 6,385 | — |
1963 | 9,689 | +3.26% |
1973 | 14,030 | +3.77% |
1984 | 20,807 | +3.65% |
2000 | 33,788 | +3.08% |
2011 | 41,793 | +1.95% |
2022 | 47,375 | +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]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: