Panamá Oeste Province
Panamá Oeste Province
Provincia de Panamá Oeste | |
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Coordinates: 8°52′49″N 79°47′0″W / 8.88028°N 79.78333°W | |
Country | Panama |
Created | 1 January 2014 |
Capital city | La Chorrera |
Government | |
• Governor | Temístocles Javier Herrera[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,786 km2 (1,076 sq mi) |
Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 653,665 |
• Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
• Year | 2023 |
• Total | $19.4 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $33,200 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time) |
ISO 3166 code | PA-10 |
Panamá Oeste (Spanish pronunciation: [panaˈma oˈeste]; English: West Panama) is the newest province in Panama.
It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal on 1 January 2014.[3] The capital is La Chorrera.
Administrative divisions
Panamá Oeste Province is divided into 5 distritos (districts) and subdivided into 59 corregimientos.[3]
Distrito | Area (km2) | Population
Census 2010[4] |
Population |
---|---|---|---|
Arraiján | 418 | 230,311 | 299,079 |
Capira | 978 | 41,179 | 45,629 |
Chame | 377 | 26,185 | 28,535 |
La Chorrera | 770 | 167,799 | 258,221 |
San Carlos | 338 | 20,236 | 22,201 |
References
- ^ "Ministro Henríquez juramenta al nuevo Gobernador de la Décima Provincia". Government of Panama. 15 July 2014. Archived from Ministro Henríquez juramenta al nuevo Gobernador de la Décima Provincia the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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value (help) - ^ "TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ a b Gaceta Oficial de Panamá (30 December 2013). "Ley Nº119 del 30 de diciembre de 2013: Que crea la provincia de Panamá Oeste, segregada de la provincia de Panamá" (PDF).
- ^ a b Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
- ^ "Panamá Oeste (Province, Panama) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-03-10.