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Huacas
Guanacastevillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Situated in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Huacas is a village. The settlement sits at 10.023°, -85.365°, a tropical location in the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,917 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 75% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available 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
- Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus (Lesson, 1842) · Aves1,037
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves993
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves954
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves926
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves825
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves729
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves717
- White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosa (Swainson, 1827) · Aves714
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 4.9 — 2026-06-108 km NW of Sardinal, 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 4.5 — 2026-03-0823 km WSW of Tamarindo, 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 Guanacaste
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Huacas
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
