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Piedades Sur
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Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Within Alajuela, Costa Rica, Piedades Sur stands as a village. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. The settlement sits at 10.117°, -84.535°, a tropical location in the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves11,093
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves9,888
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves9,341
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves7,895
- Brown JayPsilorhinus morio (Wagler, 1829) · Aves7,508
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves7,493
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves7,355
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823 · Aves7,087
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.
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