El Guarco (canton)
El Guarco | |
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El Guarco canton | |
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.
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:
Demographics
| 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]
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
- ^ "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.