Guácimo (canton)

{{Short description|Canton in Limón province, Costa Rica}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Guácimo

|native_name_lang = es

|settlement_type = Canton

|pushpin_map = Costa Rica

|pushpin_map_alt = Guácimo canton location in Costa Rica

|pushpin_map_caption = Guácimo canton location in Costa Rica

|coordinates = {{coord|10.2024994|-83.6223033|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}}

|image_flag = Bandera de Guácimo (Costa Rica).svg

|image_seal = Escudo del Cantón de Guácimo.png

|image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Guácimo canton}}

|map_alt = Guácimo canton

|map_caption = Guácimo canton

|image_skyline =

|image_alt =

|image_caption =

|established_title = Creation

|established_date = 8 May 1971{{cite book |last1=Hernández |first1=Hermógenes |title=Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=San José |isbn=9977-64-243-5 |pages=164–173 |edition=1 |url=https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |language=es}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Limón

|seat_type = Head city

|seat = Guácimo

|government_type = Municipality

|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Guácimo}}

|parts_type = Districts

|parts_style = list

|parts = Districts

|p1 = Guácimo

|p2 = Mercedes

|p3 = Pocora

|p4 = Río Jiménez

|p5 = Duacarí

|area_total_km2 = 576.48

|elevation_m = 67

|population_total = 41266

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = UTC−06:00

|blank_name = Canton code

|blank_info = 706

|website = {{URL|https://www.guacimo.go.cr/}}

}}

Guácimo is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica.{{cite web |language=es |title=Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063957/https://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |language=es |title=División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica|date=8 March 2017|publisher=Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional|isbn=978-9977-58-477-5|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf}} The head city is in Guácimo district.