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San Rafael

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Coordinates10.25°, -83.80°

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City facts

Overview

Situated in Limón, Costa Rica, San Rafael is a village. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. San Rafael maps to 10.247°, -83.802° — squarely within the tropical belt. The location receives about 1,564 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 61% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. 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
10.2466
Longitude
-83.8023
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)
359,604
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    7,154
  • Passerini's Tanager
    Ramphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves
    6,770
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
    Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves
    6,650
  • Yellow-throated Toucan
    Ramphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823 · Aves
    6,388
  • Montezuma Oropendola
    Psarocolius montezuma (Lesson, 1830) · Aves
    6,327
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    5,893
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    5,614
  • Palm Tanager
    Thraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) · Aves
    5,353

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
193
Largest magnitude
6.4
Largest event
2004-11-20

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

K
Kevin Fajardo
Costa Rican footballer
C
Crisanto Esquivel
Costa Rican association football player
E
Enoc Pérez
Costa Rican association football player
G
Gilberth Artavia
Costa Rican association football player
Osvaldo Rodríguez
Osvaldo Rodríguez
Costa Rican footballer
A
Andrés Lezcano
Costa Rican-born Guatemalan association football player
Heyreel Saravia
Heyreel Saravia
association football player
A
Asdrúbal Gibbons
Costa Rican association football player
K
Kenneth Dixon
Costa Rican association football player
B
Brenda Castro
Costa Rican model
B
Berny Burke
Costa Rican footballer
W
Wílmer Azofeifa
Costa Rican association football player
I
Ian Smith
Costa Rican association football player
A
Anthony Walker
Costa Rican footballer
Reimond Salas
Reimond Salas
Costa Rican footballer
Alexis Gamboa
Alexis Gamboa
association football player

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

Nearby places in Limón

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.29
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,564

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about San Rafael

La novela corta española
Federico Carlos Sáinz de Robles · 1959

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Sources

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