Turrialba is a canton in the Cartago province of

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. The head city is in

Turrialba Turrialba may refer to: Places * Turrialba Volcano * Turrialba Volcano National Park, created around Turrialba Volcano. * Turrialba (canton), located in Cartago Province Cartago (), which means Carthage in Spanish, is a Provinces of Costa Ri ...

district.

History

Turrialba was created on 19 August 1903 by decree 84.

Geography

Turrialba has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Turrialba is the eleventh largest canton among the eighty two cantons that comprise Costa Rica. The Turrialba River and Atirro River establish major portions of the canton's western border, and the

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delineates its long southeastern border. The region is home to the active

Turrialba Volcano Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano in central Costa Rica that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 and in January, March and April 2017. Visitors used to be able to hike down into the main crater, but increased volcan ...

Districts

The canton of Turrialba is subdivided into the following

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# La Suiza # Peralta # Santa Cruz # Santa Teresita #

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# Tuis # Tayutic # Santa Rosa # Tres Equis # La Isabel # Chirripó

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Turrialba had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Economy

Tourism

Guayabo National Monument Guayabo National Monument (), is an archaeological site near the city of Turrialba, within the Central Conservation Area in the Cartago Province, Costa Rica. It is almost directly in the center of the country on the Southern slope of the Turr ...

is a historic archaeological site located 18 km north of Turrialba city, it is located in the Santa Teresita and Santa Cruz districts of the canton. It is one of Costa Rica's only two

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sites that is open to the public, together with the Stone Spheres Museum in the south of the country. The

Turrialba Volcano National Park Turrialba Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the is a national park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Turrialba Volcano in Cartago Province. Major eruptions in the past have occurred in the y ...

is located in the canton, reopened after it was closed from 2012 to 2020 due to eruptions.

Dairy farms

The eponymous Turrialba cheese is produced in this region.

Bananas

Lower Turrialba is within Costa Rica's banana production zone and was important in the origin of

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References

Cantons of Cartago Province Populated places in Cartago Province {{CartagoCR-geo-stub