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San Pedro

Alajuelatown

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Total population

8,000

Coordinates10.08°, -84.24°

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

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City facts

Overview

San Pedro is a small town in Alajuela, Costa Rica. San Pedro maps to 10.076°, -84.245° — squarely within the tropical belt. Around 8,000 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The location receives about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Clocks here are set to Q5385. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Spanning roughly 13.58 km² of territory, San Pedro lies at a notable elevation of 1148 m. Population density therefore averages about 589 per km², a moderate population density. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.0760
Longitude
-84.2446
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)
1,048,419
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    36,093
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    31,009
  • White-winged Dove
    Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    27,777
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    27,492
  • Great-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    26,668
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    26,566
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
    Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves
    24,085
  • Hoffmann's Woodpecker
    Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves
    23,672

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
298
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.

Nearby places in Alajuela

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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

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
36
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image