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La Aldea
Herediavillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a village in Heredia, Costa Rica, La Aldea occupies its own corner of the country. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its coordinates of 10.653°, -83.840° place it in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,564 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 61% of daylight hours. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma (Lesson, 1830) · Aves742
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves644
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves639
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) · Aves632
- Passerini's TanagerRamphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves623
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves599
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves569
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves565
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 5 — 2026-04-282 km NNE of Palmichal, Costa Rica
- M 4.2 — 2026-02-0716 km NNW of Limón, Costa Rica
- M 4 — 2026-01-192 km WSW of Colima, Costa Rica
- M 3.8 — 2025-08-222 km W of Colima, Costa Rica
- M 4.8 — 2025-08-014 km NNE of Quesada, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2024-08-1510 km ENE of Ipís, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Heredia
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