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Los Chiles
Alajuelatown
Total population
13,000
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Los Chiles, a small town in Alajuela, Costa Rica, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 13,000. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (11.033°, -84.715°). The location receives about 1,616 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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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
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves8,613
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves8,420
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves8,240
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves7,990
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves7,677
- Green/Striated HeronButorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7,632
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves7,354
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves7,328
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.1 — 2026-06-099 km W of Cárdenas, Nicaragua
- M 4.5 — 2025-11-229 km NNW of San José, Costa Rica
- M 4.7 — 2025-10-049 km NNE of Tilarán, Costa Rica
- M 4.8 — 2025-08-014 km NNE of Quesada, Costa Rica
- M 4.3 — 2025-07-268 km WNW of La Fortuna, Costa Rica
- M 4.3 — 2024-10-1613 km N of Cañas, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Alajuela
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