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El Tejar

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Total population

25,000

Coordinates9.84°, -83.94°

Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

As a town in Cartago, Costa Rica, El Tejar occupies its own corner of the country. Around 25,000 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The settlement sits at 9.844°, -83.937°, a equatorial location in the northern hemisphere. The locality observes Q5385 as its time zone. That works out to roughly 4,085 residents per square kilometre — tight, intensive urban land use. The town sits at a notable elevation of 1377 m and covers a small area of about 6.12 km². Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter 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. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
9.8440
Longitude
-83.9369
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)
1,052,678
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    29,628
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow
    Zonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves
    28,185
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
    Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves
    23,598
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    23,408
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    23,217
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    23,205
  • Great-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    22,976
  • White-winged Dove
    Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    21,162

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
315
Largest magnitude
6.5
Largest event
2017-11-13

Most recent

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

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Cartago

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.42
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,615

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
36
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image