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Taras

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Air quality index

44Good
Coordinates9.88°, -83.93°

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City facts

Overview

Set in Cartago, Costa Rica, Taras is recorded in open geodata as a village. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. On the world map it falls within the Western Hemisphere, specifically at 9.876°, -83.933°. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,615 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Based on its equatorial position, residents likely encounter hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. 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
9.8759
Longitude
-83.9334
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
44
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
6.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
7.2
Ozone (µg/m³)
25
NO₂ (µg/m³)
9.1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
1,209,326
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Clay-colored Thrush
    Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves
    31,824
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow
    Zonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves
    29,744
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
    Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves
    26,018
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    25,255
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    24,732
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    24,730
  • Great-tailed Grackle
    Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    24,291
  • White-winged Dove
    Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    22,221

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
309
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 Cartago

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.42
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,615

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