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Alajuela (Spanish pronunciation:) is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it is also the capital of the Province of Alajuela. [2] [3]
A coffee plantation in the Orosí valley. Coffee production has played a key role in Costa Rica's history and continues to be important to the country's economy.In 2006, coffee was Costa Rica's number three export, [1] after being the number one cash crop export for several decades.
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
Alajuela (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north. It also borders the provinces of Heredia to the east, San José to the south, Puntarenas to the southwest and Guanacaste to the west. As of 2011, the province had a population of 885,571. [2]
Sabanilla is a district of the Alajuela canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Sabanilla town lies about 12 km by road north of the centre of Alajuela. It covers an area of 43,32 km 2 and as of 2011 had a population of 9,059 people. [3] A major coffee producing area, in which is located Doka Estate, a supplier of Starbucks. [4]
Recent studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between the structural complexity of a coffee plantation and the number of species that can be found there. The forest-like structure of shade coffee farms provides habitat for a great number of migratory and resident birds, reptiles, ants, butterflies, bats, plants and other organisms.
Most of the coffee grown on the island is a derivative of the Brazilian variety known as Coffea arabica Typica, constituting 70% of the yield, while other varieties grown are hybrid varieties of caturra, geisha, etc. [3] The coffee that is grown in the Blue Mountains region, known as the Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, is said to be of very high quality and is mostly exported. [3]
In 1907, the brothers purchased Juan Viñas, a vast sugar and coffee farm from Federico Tinoco Granados. [4] They became largest coffee and sugar producers in the Costa Rica. [5] [6] In 1908, the brothers founded the Florida Ice and Farm Company in Siquirres, Limón Province.