The small town of Turrialba is located in the Province of Cartago. About 35.618 Ticos live here. Turrialba's main industries are textiles, agriculture and tourism. Up until 30 years ago Turrialba was a small thriving trading town. This was due to the train route for coffee shipments from San José to the Pacific Coast running past the town. Ever since the route got abandoned in favour of a less curvy and winding one, the town has been fighting to find alternative sources of in

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