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San Miguel

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Coordinates10.07°, -84.40°

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City facts

Overview

San Miguel sits in Alajuela, Costa Rica and is identified as a village. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (10.073°, -84.395°). Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The location receives about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.0732
Longitude
-84.3952
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)
690,400
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    19,395
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    15,822
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    14,538
  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    14,051
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    13,795
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
    Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves
    13,647
  • Hoffmann's Woodpecker
    Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves
    12,788
  • White-winged Dove
    Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    12,172

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
310
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

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.4
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,605

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

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org