Coclé Province

Coclé
Location of Coclé in Panama
Data
Capital	Penonomé
population	233,000
surface	4,927 km²
Population density	45 people / km²
structure	6th
ISO 3166-2	PA-2
El Valle

Coclé is a province in Panama and is located on the Gulf of Panama .

geography

The capital of Coclé is Penonomé on the Río Chiguirí . The province of Coclé is in turn divided into six districts ( distritos ) with a total of 39 municipalities ( corregimientos ):

• Aguadulce
• Antón
• La Pintada
• Natá
• Olá
• Penonomé

history

The archaeological site of El Caño is located in Coclé .

The 16th President of Panamá Harmodio Arias Madrid comes from the province.

economy

The main economic factors are animal husbandry and agriculture, especially the cultivation of rice and sugar cane. The region is mainly accessed by the Panamericana (David-Panamá), which runs parallel to the coast and from which access roads lead into the mountains to the north, for example to El Valle .

Web links

Commons : Coclé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Visitacocle.net website of the Autoridad de Tourismo on Coclé (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Censos Nacionales 2010

Coordinates: 8 ° 30 ′  N , 80 ° 24 ′  W