Tobosi
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Tobosi is a district of the El Guarco canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. It is located about 3 miles southwest of the city of Cartago. It is also known as San Juan de Tobosi. St. John the Evangelist is the town's patron guardian.
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- Instance of
- district of Costa Rica
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Located in
- El Guarco Canton
- Population
- 7645
- Area
- 20.06
- Elevation
- 1380
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
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- postal code
- 30803
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Tobosi is a district of the El Guarco canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. It is located about 3 miles southwest of the city of Cartago. It is also known as San Juan de Tobosi. St. John the Evangelist is the town's patron guardian.
== History == Tobosi is one of the oldest town in the country. It was established as a reduction by the Spanish authorities and the Franciscan friars around 1575, with a population of one hundred people. Other interpretations suggest that the town started with a hundred families.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tobosi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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