Panamá Oeste Province

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Location of Panamá Oeste in Panamá
Data
Capital La Chorrera
population 464.038
surface 2,786 km²
Population density 170 people / km²
structure 5 distritos
ISO 3166-2 PA-10

The Panamá Oeste Province is the youngest of ten provinces in the Republic of Panama in Central America . The capital of the province is La Chorrera .

The province lies on the Pacific coast on the Gulf of Panama and is bordered to the east by the Panama Canal .

This youngest province in the country was created through the separation of the five districts of the province of Panama west of the Panama Canal . The corresponding law came into effect on January 1, 2014.

The five districts ( distritos ) - divided into a total of 59 corregimientos - are (the main places in brackets) ':

  1. Arraiján District (Arraiján)
  2. Capira District (Capira)
  3. Chame District (Chame)
  4. La Chorrera District ( La Chorrera )
  5. San Carlos District ( San Carlos )

proof

  1. ↑ telemetro.com ( Spanish )

Coordinates: 8 ° 55 ′  N , 79 ° 45 ′  W