Herrera Province

Herrera
Location of Herrera in Panamá
Data
Capital	Chitré
population	113,000
surface	2,341 km²
Population density	48 people / km²
structure	7th
ISO 3166-2	PA-6

Herrera is a province in Panama named after the former General Tomás Herrera . The capital of Herrera is Chitré , which is about seven kilometers inland from the Gulf of Panama . The approximately 8,000 hectare Sarigua National Park is also located in Herrera.

The province was founded on January 18, 1915 from parts of the Los Santos province .

The Herrera Province is divided into seven districts ( distritos ):

• Chitré
• Las Minas
• Los Pozos
• Ocu
• Parita
• Pesé
• Santa María

The main economic factors in Herrera are the cultivation of sugar cane and dairy and cattle farming, but also industry and trade.

Web links

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

• http://www.visitapanama.com/Herrera.asp

Coordinates: 8 ° 0 ′  N , 80 ° 36 ′  W