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Chacarita
Puntarenasvillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Chacarita, a village in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, forms part of the country's settled landscape. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (9.981°, -84.774°). Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,879 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 · Aves4,574
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves4,540
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves4,485
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4,447
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves3,609
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves3,504
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3,227
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves3,187
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 5.2 — 2026-07-0718 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.1 — 2026-07-034 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-164 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-1410 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-144 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 5 — 2026-05-1316 km ENE of Jacó, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here






People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Chacarita
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library