Guarco
Guarco was an eastern Huetar chiefdom in the Central Valley of present-day Costa Rica. Its territory stretched from the Virilla River towards Chirripó, and its chief Guarco gave his name to the valley around Cartago. His son Correque ruled when the Spanish arrived; in 1569 the conqueror Perafán de Ribera assigned eastern Huetar communities to Spanish colonists.