Sarchí (canton)

Sarchí is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.

[2][3] The head city is in Sarchí Norte district.

On 7 August 2019, by Law 9658, the canton changed its previous name from Valverde Vega to Sarchí.

[1] It was originally named Valverde Vega in honor of Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a medic and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional (National Medical Union) after more than forty years of struggle.

It reaches northward into a beautiful high valley of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) between the Poás and Platanar volcanoes.

Sarchi is the cradle of the craft of Costa Rica and has many factories and shops that an important visit for tourists
In Toro Amarillo is the spectacular Toro's Waterfall with an exotic hotel designed by famed Arq. Ibo Bonilla