Filadelfia

History

After the first quarter of the 19th century, Sietecueros neighbors make a petition to the supreme government of Costa Rica, (Braulio Carrillo Colina was the then president), which was to segregate them from the town of Santa Cruz and add them to Guanacaste City, in civil and ecclesiastical aspects. To which took into account the proximity and close relationship with Guanacaste City. This request was approved by Decree 5 Articles 82 of the constitution of the state. On October 18, 1915, the category of town was granted to Filadelfia. Later, on June 11, 1947, under the administration of Teodoro Picado Michalski, Law No. 864 awarded the town the title of city. Filadelfia's name was given in 1877 in honor of Filadelfo Soto who was a soldier. During the episcopate of Bishop Bernardo Augusto Thiel Hoffman, second bishop of Costa Rica in 1894, the parish was erected and dedicated to James son of Zebedee. The church is currently a suffragan of the Diocese of Tilarán.

Geography

Filadelfia has an area of and an elevation of metres. The district borders with Liberia to the north, Santa Cruz and Belén district to the south, Bagaces to the east and Palmira district to the west. Filadelfia is located right in the center of Tempisque Valley, which is described as an orographic valley, surrounded by a range of hills with a height not exceeding 200 m. The district is drained by the Tempisque River which provides easy access to the Gulf of Nicoya. The temperature is very hot and averages between 27 and 28 °C in the rainy season and during summer between 34 and 36 °C. Filadelfia city is located near the banks of Rio Tempisque and Rio Las Palmas. Due to the ocean-atmosphere phenomenon known as El niño, these two rivers have caused serious floods in the months of October in 1995 (the first flood since the 1960s), 1999 and 2007.

Most-observed species

• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,635
• Tropical Kingbird

  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  4,001
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  3,851
• White-winged Dove

  Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,745
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  3,732
• Inca Dove

  Columbina inca (R.Lesson, 1847) · Aves
  3,485
• Groove-billed Ani

  Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 · Aves
  3,177
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,155

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2026-06-24
  55 km WNW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
• M 4.9 — 2026-06-10
  8 km NW of Sardinal, Costa Rica
• M 4.1 — 2026-06-09
  9 km W of Cárdenas, Nicaragua
• M 4.4 — 2026-05-27
  49 km NW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
• M 4.4 — 2026-05-24
  42 km NW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
• M 4.5 — 2026-03-08
  23 km WSW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica