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.
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 |
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