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Rivas
San Josévillage
Total population
7,400
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a small village in San José, Costa Rica, Rivas occupies its own corner of the country. Rivas maps to 9.420°, -83.659° — squarely within the equatorial belt. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 7,400. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,615 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Rivas




Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Rivas, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library