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Santa Rita
Alajuelavillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Santa Rita sits in Alajuela, Costa Rica and is identified as a village. Located at 10.404°, -84.218°, Santa Rita occupies a tropical portion of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. The location receives about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public 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
Most-observed species
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves12,053
- Passerini's TanagerRamphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves11,672
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves10,601
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma (Lesson, 1830) · Aves10,317
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves10,297
- Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus Swainson, 1823 · Aves10,021
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves9,833
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves9,065
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-08-017 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
- M 5.2 — 2026-07-0718 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.1 — 2026-07-034 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-144 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 5 — 2026-05-1316 km ENE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 5 — 2026-04-282 km NNE of Palmichal, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Alajuela
- Santa Isabel4 mi away
- Río Cuarto4.1 mi away · pop. 16,000
- Venecia5.1 mi away · pop. 12,000
- Pital5.2 mi away · pop. 15,000
- San Miguel6.6 mi away · pop. 4,200
- Quesada15.4 mi away · pop. 42,000
- La Brisa17.1 mi away
- Palmira17.2 mi away
- Florencia17.7 mi away · pop. 20,000
- Tapesco17.9 mi away
- Laguna18.3 mi away
- Buenavista18.8 mi away
Geography & sun
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
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org