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Antón is a
district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
(''distrito'') of
Coclé Province Coclé () is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidenc ...
in
Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
. The population according to the 2000 census was 44,039. The district covers a total area of 749 km². The capital lies at the city of Antón.


Administrative divisions

Antón District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': * Antón (capital) * Cabuya * El Chirú * El Retiro * El Valle * Juan Díaz *
Río Hato Río Hato is a corregimiento in Antón District, Coclé Province, Panama. It is home to the Río Hato Airport. It has a land area of and had a population of 15,701 as of 2010, giving it a population density of . Its population as of 1990 was 8, ...
* San Juan de Dios ( corregimiento) * Santa Rita *
Caballero Caballero (plural: Caballeros), the Spanish word for ''knight'' or '' gentleman'', is used as a form of address for older gentlemen and may refer to: Places * Caballero, Coclé, Panama * Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay, a city * Santiago de los Ca ...


Economy

Some of the district's primary economic activities include fishing, sugarcane production, and tourism.


See also

* San Juan de Dios, Coclé community


References

Districts of Coclé Province {{Coclé-geo-stub