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:
 * 1) Tejar
 * 2) San Isidro
 * 3) Tobosi
 * 4) Patio de Agua

Demographics
For the 2011 census, El Guarco had a population of 41,793 inhabitants.

Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes: • CR RNP 2.svg National Route 2

• CR RNS 222.svg National Route 222

• CR RNS 226.svg National Route 226

• CR RNS 228.svg National Route 228

• CR RNS 236.svg National Route 236

• CR RNT 315.svg National Route 315

• CR RNT 406.svg National Route 406