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Térraba
Puntarenasvillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Térraba, a village in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, forms part of the country's settled landscape. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (9.069°, -83.289°). Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,615 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves1,342
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves1,342
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves1,216
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,163
- Passerini's TanagerRamphocelus passerinii Bonaparte, 1831 · Aves1,104
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves1,064
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves1,036
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves928
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 4.4 — 2026-07-166 km N of Santa Cruz, Panama
- M 4.4 — 2026-07-0121 km NW of Golfito, Costa Rica
- M 4.7 — 2026-06-0466 km SSW of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica
- M 4.5 — 2026-05-2227 km S of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica
- M 4.5 — 2026-05-1924 km NNE of San Vito, Costa Rica
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.
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









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org