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Cot
Cartagovillage
Total population
11,400
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Cot sits in Cartago, Costa Rica and is identified as a small village. It is home to roughly 11,400 residents. Coordinates of 9.895°, -83.875° situate Cot in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,615 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves21,974
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves21,197
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves18,383
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves17,160
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves17,108
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves16,748
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves16,613
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves16,585
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.
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
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org