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Puerto Cortés

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Total population

8,000

Coordinates8.96°, -83.52°

Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Within Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Puerto Cortés stands as a small town. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 8,000. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (8.965°, -83.524°). The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,789 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 70% 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

Latitude
8.9648
Longitude
-83.5243
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
65,282
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    1,750
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    1,742
  • Scarlet Macaw
    Ara macao (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,541
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    1,508
  • Great-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    1,396
  • Turkey Vulture
    Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,290
  • Passerini's Tanager
    Ramphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves
    1,180
  • Orange-chinned Parakeet
    Brotogeris jugularis (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    1,102

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
393
Largest magnitude
6.5
Largest event
2003-12-25

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

R
Róger Gómez
Costa Rican footballer
Cristian Lagos
Cristian Lagos
Costa Rican footballer
J
Juan González Soto
Costa Rican footballer (1941-2005)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.9
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,789

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