La Palma, Darién

La Palma
La Palma
Corregimiento and town
	La Palma
	Coordinates: 8°24′36″N 78°9′0″W / 8.41000°N 78.15000°W
Country	Panama
Province	Darién
District	Chepigana
Area
• Land	526.6 km2 (203.3 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,205
• Density	8/km2 (20/sq mi)
	Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
Climate	Aw

La Palma (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈpal.ma]) is a town and corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,205 as of 2010.^[1] It is the seat of Chepigana District.^[1] Its population as of 1990 was 11,632; its population as of 2000 was 3,884.^[1] It is located at the mouth of the Tuira river, where the wide river meets the Golfo de San Miguel. The Chucunaque joins the Tuira further south.

Economy

La Palma is the principal trading center for the large sparsely populated region that surrounds it. Plantains, corn, and rice are cultivated, and livestock is raised; there is also some sawmilling. The town is isolated, with no highway linking it to other communities in central and western Panama.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

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[inec-1] "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

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