TheEastern Huetar Kingdom, also known as Lordship ofel Guarco, is one of the two great kingdoms in which the domain of theHuetar ethnic group was divided in theCentral Valley of Costa Rica and at the time of the conquest the king wasCorreque, son of the feared chieftain El Guarco.[1] Although smaller than the fellow Huetar nation, theWestern Huetar Kingdom ruled byGarabito as part of itslarger empire. The eastern Huetar territory extended from the banks of the Virilla River to the slopes of theChirripó in theTierradentro. The area of the modernParaiso Canton was governed by the vassal chiefs Abituri and Turichiqui, in addition there were aboriginal settlements inUjarrás andOrosi that were visited by the Spaniard Ignacio Cota in 1561.[2]
In the illegal distribution carried out by Perafán de Ribera in 1569, two geographical areas were described in which the eastern orchard tribes were grouped; Big Turriarva and Small Turriarva. The first included the current towns of Aquiares, Colorado, Santa Cruz, with their main chiefs Tabaco and Hurrea; and the second constituted the present towns of Margot, Azul, Jesús María, Alto Varal, Cimarrones and Lajas.[3]
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