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La Sierra
Guanacastevillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
La Sierra sits in Guanacaste, Costa Rica and is identified as a village. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. La Sierra maps to 10.286°, -84.928° — squarely within the tropical belt. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public 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
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio (Wagler, 1829) · Aves18,635
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii R.Lesson, 1842 · Aves16,466
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves15,575
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves15,493
- Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus (Bourcier, 1843) · Aves15,042
- Northern Emerald-ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus (Gould, 1833) · Aves15,016
- Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus (Swainson, 1827) · Aves14,140
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves14,098
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 4.1 — 2026-07-034 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, 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
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
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