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== Education and Research == |
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==Sports== |
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The town's football club is [[A.D. Turrialba|Turrialba FC]], who have spent several seasons in the [[Costa Rican Primera División]]. They play their home games at the Estadio Rafael Ángel Camacho. |
The town's football club is [[A.D. Turrialba|Turrialba FC]], who have spent several seasons in the [[Costa Rican Primera División]]. They play their home games at the Estadio Rafael Ángel Camacho. |
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== Area Attractions == |
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[[Guayabo National Monument]] is a historic archaeological site located 18 km north of the town of Turrialba. It is Costa Rica's only [[Pre-Columbian_era|pre-Columbian]] site that is open to the public.<ref>https://www.govisitcostarica.com/region/city.asp?cID=188</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 16:27, 13 November 2020
Turrialba | |
|---|---|
 Turrialba district | |
  Turrialba Turrialba district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°53′23″N 83°40′50″W / 9.8897121°N 83.6806611°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Canton | Turrialba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56.1 km2 (21.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 646 m (2,119 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 26,680 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 30501 |
| Climate | Af |
Turrialba is a district of the Turrialba canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
Turrialba has an area of 56.1 km²[3] and an elevation of 646 metres.[1]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1864 | 776 | — | |
| 1883 | 869 | 12.0% | |
| 1927 | 9,095 | — | |
| 1950 | 13,584 | 49.4% | |
| 1963 | 19,932 | 46.7% | |
| 1973 | 18,873 | −5.3% | |
| 1984 | 23,705 | 25.6% | |
| 2000 | 32,004 | 35.0% | |
| 2011 | 26,680 | −16.6% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, Turrialba had a population of 26,680 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
Economy
The main industries are textiles, agriculture and tourism. The Pacuare and Reventazón Rivers are notable for whitewater rafting, making Turrialba a mecca for the sport.
"Several cities developed and prospered as a result of the building of the railroad to the Caribbean; Turrialba is one of these, and its architectural, spatial and ethnic makeup is different from other towns. Declared a City of National Archeological Interest, this town is the entryway to the Costa Rican Caribbean.
Turrialba’s outskirts contain appealing rural communities such as Santa Cruz, where homemade Turrialba cheese is produced, La Suiza and Aquiares, as well as the rapids of the Reventazón and Pacuare rivers." [7] Serpentario Viborana, a snake rehabilitation center, is also located in Turrialba.[8]
Turrialba cheese
Turrialba cheese is origin protected. Production started in the 1870s when a Spanish family headed by Lucas Vargas came from La Mancha and settled in the region of Santa Cruz, in Turrialba, to start producing cheese with the recipes they brought from their homeland.
In the 1890s rail transportation between Turrialba and the capital of San José became possible, and the Vargas family started to ship their product to San José and Cartago in wooden crates.
In 1930 Florentino Castro, a coffee producer, acquired the Hacienda El Volcán. This was the first time in the country when cheese, butter and sour cream were produced and packaged with labels for further distribution throughout the country. In the 1950s, the cheese was exported for the first time to Chile and England, along with coffee. [9]
Baseball factory
The town is also home to the only official Major League baseball factory, moved there from Haiti by Rawlings in the late 1980s. This factory is a major employer in an otherwise depressed farming economy.[10]
Education and Research
Two universities are located here: the Tropical Agronomy Research and Learning Centre (CATIE), of international influence, and the University of Costa Rica.
Sports
The town's football club is Turrialba FC, who have spent several seasons in the Costa Rican Primera División. They play their home games at the Estadio Rafael Ángel Camacho.
References
- ^ a b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
- ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kahler, Karl (31 Aug 2015). "Turrialba: Why the population explosion of Costa Rican snakes near people?". The Tico Times. Retrieved 21 Sep 2016.
- ^ Aguilar, Ana Yancy (1 Jul 2018). "Turrialbeños se preparan para llevar sus mejores productos a la Expoferia del Queso". AMPRENSA.COM. Retrieved 1 Jul 2018.
- ^ https://news.co.cr/did-you-know-rawlings-baseballs-are-made-in-turrialba-costa-rica/74204/
 Districts of Cartago Province | |
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| Cartago |
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| Paraíso | |
| La Unión | |
| Jiménez | |
| Turrialba | |
| Alvarado | |
| Oreamuno | |
| El Guarco | |
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