San Pedro

History

When Alajuela Province was founded in 1782, the region of San Pedro was mentioned in the founding documents as Targúás (alternatively noted as Targuas). The population was fewer than one hundred residents. By 1813, the In 1819, Juan Pablo Lara bought land that was registered in Alajuela, and San Pedro's name first appears in those documents. By 1846, San Pedro was the most populous of Santa Bárbara's current districts, with 1,000 residents. In order to pray to Santa Bárbara, San Pedro's residents met with other settlers in the area at a central location close to the current site of Santa Bárbara's plaza, hence the name of the city.

Geography

San Pedro has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres.

Most-observed species

• Clay-colored Thrush

  Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
  43,176
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  37,823
• White-winged Dove

  Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  36,788
• Blue-gray Tanager

  Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  36,593
• Tropical Kingbird

  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  35,473
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  34,131
• Hoffmann's Woodpecker

  Melanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves
  32,013
• blue-and-white swallow

  Notiochelidon cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  30,388

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2026-08-01
  7 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
• M 5.2 — 2026-07-07
  18 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 4.1 — 2026-07-03
  4 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
• M 3.2 — 2026-05-16
  4 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 3.2 — 2026-05-14
  10 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica
• M 4.4 — 2026-05-14
  4 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica