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'''El Guarco''' was a [[Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica|Costa Rican indigenousIndigenous king]], at the time of the [[Spanish conquest]]. Its name is preserved in the eastern sector of the [[Central Valley of Costa Rica]], where the [[Cartago, Costa Rica|city of Cartago]] is located, and in athe [[El Guarco (canton)|El Guarco]] canton in the [[Cartago Province]]. Apparently [[Eastern Huetar Kingdom|his domains]] extended from the banks of the Virilla River to the [[Chirripó]] region in [[Tierradentro|Tierra Adentro]]. It is possible that El Guarco was not a personal name, but the designation of its royal office, and that it meant "The Sentinel of Co". Some sources mention El Guarco as monarch of the so-called eastern huetares.<ref>FERNÁNDEZ, León, Colección de documentos para la historia de Costa Rica, Barcelona, Imprenta Viuda de Luis Tasso, 1a. ed., 1907, vol. VII.</ref>