Macaracas District is a district (''distrito'') of

Los Santos Province Los Santos () is a province in Panama, reaching from the La Villa river in the North to the Pacific Ocean in the south and east. It is part of the Azuero Peninsula, bounded by the province of Herrera to the north and northeast, and by Mariato D ...

in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 9,137. The district covers a total area of 504 km². The capital lies at the city of

Macaracas Macaracas is a historic town and Corregimientos of Panama, corregimiento in Macaracas District, Los Santos Province, Panama with a population of 2,890 as of 2010. It is the seat of Macaracas District. Its population as of 1990 was 2,423; its pop ...

. The Macaracas style of

Gran Coclé Gran Coclé is an archaeological culture area of the so-called Intermediate Area in pre-Columbian Central America. The area largely coincides with the modern-day Panamanian province of Coclé, and consisted of a number of identifiable native c ...

Precolumbian pottery was named for archaeological sites found in this District.

Administrative divisions

Macaracas District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': *

(capital) * Bahía Honda * Bajos de Guera * Corozal * Chupa * El Cedro *

Espino Amarillo Espino Amarillo is a corregimiento in Macaracas District, Los Santos Province Los Santos () is a province in Panama, reaching from the La Villa river in the North to the Pacific Ocean in the south and east. It is part of the Azuero Peninsula, ...

* La Mesa *

Llano de Piedra Llano de Piedra is a town and corregimiento in Macaracas District, Los Santos Province Los Santos () is a province in Panama, reaching from the La Villa river in the North to the Pacific Ocean in the south and east. It is part of the Azuero P ...

* Las Palmas * Mogollón ...

References

Districts of Panama Los Santos Province {{LosSantos-geo-stub