Montijo District is a
district
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(''distrito'') 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 ...
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 Co ...
. The population according to the
2000 census was 12,211;
the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 7,060.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.] The district covers a total area of 780 km². It includes all of the offshore islands of
Coiba National Park, the largest of which are
Coiba
Coiba is the largest island in Central America, with an area of , off the Pacific coast of the Panamanian province of Chiriquí. It is part of the Tolé District of that province.
History
Coiba separated from continental Panama about 12,000 to ...
and
Jicarón. The capital lies at the town of
Montijo.
The district includes the
Gulf of Montijo
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and the islands in it.
Administrative divisions
Montijo District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
*
Montijo
*
Isla Gobernadora
*
La Garceana
*
Leones
*
Pilón
*
Cébaco
*
Costa Hermosa
*
Unión del Norte
References
External links
Coiba National Park
Districts of Panama
Veraguas Province
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