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Concepción
Cartagovillage
Total population
20,000
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a village in Cartago, Costa Rica, Concepción occupies its own corner of the country. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 20,000. Its coordinates of 9.926°, -84.000° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The location receives about 1,615 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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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
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves32,152
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves30,958
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves28,183
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves27,956
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves27,895
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves27,294
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves26,741
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves24,461
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-08-017 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
- 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
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.
Nearby places in Cartago
Geography & sun
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
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org