Created in 2001, Mariato District is a

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(''distrito'') in the southeastern corner of

Veraguas Province Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6&nb ...

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. The district seat is the town of Llano del Catival, also known simply as Mariato. Geographically, the district totaling comprises the west-facing coast of the

Azuero peninsula Azuero Peninsula ( es, Península de Azuero) is a large peninsula in southern Panama. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean in the south; the Pacific and Gulf of Montijo to the west, and by the Gulf of Panama in the east. The peninsula is effectiv ...

fronting the

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. It shares the peninsula with Los Santos and

Herrera Province Herrera () is a province in Panama. Named after General Tomás Herrera, the province was founded on January 18, 1915 from a division of the Los Santos province. The capital city of Herrera is Chitré, which is located near the province's coast ...

, separated by a crest of low mountains, the Macizo de Azuero. The highest peak is

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() in the far south.

Punta Mariato Punta Mariato or Mariato Point (Spanish ''Punta Mariato'') is a cape in western Panama and is the southernmost point on the mainland of North America

at the southern tip of the district also holds the title as the southernmost point of

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. Mariato is thinly populated with only 5,564 residents (2019 official estimate), dispersed over 149 settlements. The district seat, Llano del Catival, is the largest population center with 2,490 people (2010), accounting for 43% of the entire district.

Administrative divisions

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

Tebario Tebario is a corregimiento in Mariato District, Veraguas Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of ...

Quebro Quebro is a corregimiento in Mariato District, Veraguas Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of ...

* Arenas * El Cacao

References

{{Districts of Panama Districts of Panama Veraguas Province