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Piedades
San Josévillage
Total population
10,000
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Piedades, a small village in San José, Costa Rica, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Located at 9.930°, -84.216°, Piedades occupies a equatorial portion of the northern hemisphere. Public datasets list a population of roughly 10,000. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,879 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. Detailed open-data panels follow, covering demographics, climate, geography, wildlife and nearby settlements.
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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
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves41,266
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves37,055
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves36,539
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves35,037
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves34,046
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves33,094
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves31,285
- blue-and-white swallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves28,191
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-08-017 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
- 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 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
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in San José
- Brasil0.7 mi away
- Río Oro1.2 mi away
- Pozos2.2 mi away · pop. 22,000
- Santa Ana2.3 mi away · pop. 13,000
- Escazú5.2 mi away · pop. 11,984
- Guayabo5.6 mi away
- Tabarcia5.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
- Jaris6.1 mi away
- Palmichal6.3 mi away
- Piedras Negras7.2 mi away · pop. 500
- Mata Redonda7.3 mi away · pop. 9,400
- San Antonio7.4 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Piedades
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