Garabito

Garabito was a powerful Huetar ruler in western Costa Rica at the time of the Spanish conquest. His authority extended across the Aguacate hills and the plains toward the Pacific coast, and his name became associated with the western Huetar polity. When Juan de Cavallón entered the region in 1561, Garabito opposed the newcomers. His resistance became one of the best-known episodes of the long Spanish conquest of Costa Rica’s Central Valley and Pacific hinterland.

The later city of Puntarenas lies here.