| El Guarco | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | El Guarco canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.731°N -83.9083°W |
| Map Alt: | El Guarco canton |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 26 July 1939[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cartago |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Tejar |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de El Guarco |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Tejar |
| P2: | San Isidro |
| P3: | Tobosi |
| P4: | Patio de Agua |
| Area Total Km2: | 167.69 |
| Elevation M: | 1526 |
| Population Total: | 41793 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 308 |
El Guarco is a canton in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[2] [3] The head city is in Tejar district.
Named after El Guarco, a cacique in the colonial era.
El Guarco was created on 26 July 1939 by decree 195.
El Guarco has an area of km2[4] and a mean elevation of 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.
The canton of El Guarco is subdivided into the following districts:
For the 2011 census, El Guarco had a population of inhabitants.[5]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: