Garabito Empire

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Garabito Canton
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The empire, domain or lordship of

Señorío del Guarco) in modern San José to the Atlantic Slope in what is now the north of the country (Alajuela, Grecia and San Carlos mainly).[1] Garabito's domain transcended the borders of the Western Huetar Kingdom where it had multiple vassal populations such as Coyoche, Abacara, Chucasque, Cobobici (possibly Corobicí), Cobux, Yurustí and Barva, and also included several submissive peoples but not incorporated into their kingdom; the Botos, Tises and Catapas.[2]

Although the exact location of its capital is unknown, it is speculated that it could be in

Oto-Mangueans instead and that represented other of the largest pre-Hispanic Costa Rican empires.[1]

Another enemy of the empire was the Nicarao people who encroached and settled on part of its territory and displaced the Huetares that inhabited Bagaces, sparking a tribal war between the two.[3][4]

Garabito presented a fierce resistance to the

Vázquez de Coronado, but he would finally be defeated and his domain annexed to the governorship of Costa Rica under the name that the Spanish designated as Garabito province.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Garabito. Retrieved 24 July 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Cantón de Garabito. Retrieved 24 July 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "The Nicarao, The Voto Indians and the Huetares In Conflict".
  4. ^ "the kingdom of this world".