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Agujitas de Drake

Puntarenasvillage

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Coordinates8.69°, -83.66°

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City facts

Overview

As a village in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Agujitas de Drake occupies its own corner of the country. Coordinates of 8.689°, -83.665° situate Agujitas de Drake in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,789 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 70% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
8.6891
Longitude
-83.6645
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
198,672
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Scarlet Macaw
    Ara macao (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    4,434
  • Passerini's Tanager
    Ramphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves
    4,202
  • Yellow-throated Toucan
    Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823 · Aves
    3,644
  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    3,607
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    2,842
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    2,822
  • Bananaquit
    Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2,783
  • Red-lored Parrot
    Amazona autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    2,704

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
379
Largest magnitude
6.5
Largest event
2003-12-25

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.9
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,789

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org