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Río Grande

Alajuelavillage

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Air quality index

29Good
Elevation531 m
Coordinates9.96°, -84.36°

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City facts

Overview

Set in Alajuela, Costa Rica, Río Grande is recorded in open geodata as a village. The settlement sits at 9.962°, -84.361°, a equatorial location in the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. 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. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
9.9621
Longitude
-84.3608
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
29
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
8.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
9.9
Ozone (µg/m³)
36
NO₂ (µg/m³)
13.4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
705,996
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    24,266
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    21,691
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    20,324
  • Rufous-backed Wren
    Campylorhynchus capistratus (Lesson, 1842) · Aves
    20,001
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    19,887
  • White-winged Dove
    Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    19,855
  • Hoffmann's Woodpecker
    Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves
    19,460
  • Great-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    18,694

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
309
Largest magnitude
6.5
Largest event
2017-11-13

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Alejandro González Rojas
Alejandro González Rojas
Costa Rican footballer
J
José Carlos Chaves
Costa Rican footballer
L
Luis Guillermo Campos
Costa Rican association football player
M
Minor Arguedas
Costa Rican association football player
R
Rolando Corella
Costa Rican footballer
E
Evangelista Chavarría
B
Barlon Sequeira
Costa Rican footballer
T
Teresita Aguilar
Costa Rican politician
Felícitas Chaverri Matamoros
Felícitas Chaverri Matamoros
Costa Rican pharmacist and poet (1894 – 1934)
Omar Morera
Omar Morera
Costa Rican footballer
D
Douglas López
Costa Rican footballer
T
Tarcisio Rodríguez
costarican footballer

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

Nearby places in Alajuela

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Geography & sun

Elevation
1,742 ft (531 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.15
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,879

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about Río Grande

Estudio agrícola-económico de la cuenca media del Río Grande
Oscar Benavides R. · 1956

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Río Grande, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Disused INCOFER Locomotive at Atenas Station, Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 47 Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (3) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.5 miAtenas Railway Station (Reportedly now a Museum), Near Rio Grande Gorge & Route 27, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (2) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.5 miDisused INCOFER Locomotive at Atenas Station, near Rio Grande Gorge & Route 27 Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (4) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.5 miAbandoned INCOFER Railroad Tracks from Atenas Station & Rio Grande Gorge Near Concepción & Route 27 Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (6) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.5 miAbandoned INCOFER Railroad Tracks near Atenas Station & Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 27 Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (5) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.5 miDisused INCOFER Railroad Tracks near Atenas Station & Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 27 & Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (1) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.6 miAbandoned INCOFER Railroad Tracks from Atenas Station & Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (7 — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.6 miAtenas Station Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (17) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.6 miView of Abandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (14) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.7 miView From Abandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (13) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.7 miView of Abandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (12) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.7 miAtenas Station Rio Grande Gorge Near Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (15) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.7 miAbandoned INCOFER Railroad Tracks near Atenas Station & Rio Grande Gorge, Near Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (16) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.7 miAbandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (8) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.8 miView of Abandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (11) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.8 miView From Abandoned Railway Trestle over Rio Grande Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (10) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.8 miView From Abandoned Railway Trestle of Rio Grande and Gorge, near Atenas & Route 27, Concepción, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (9) — Río Grande, Costa Rica0.8 miFachada de la Institucción — Río Grande, Costa Rica1.5 miAtenas Costa Rica 2011 — Río Grande, Costa Rica1.9 miTdecandrumAtenas — Río Grande, Costa Rica2.1 miRio Cajon Catarata de Los Angeles — Río Grande, Costa Rica2.2 miWater (41794820) — Río Grande, Costa Rica3.9 miPan American Hwy. - panoramio (1) — Río Grande, Costa Rica4.1 miPan American Hwy. - panoramio — Río Grande, Costa Rica4.2 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Sources

  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Open Library
  • • NASA EONET