Nuevo Chagres (, en, New Chagres) is a seaside

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and '' corregimiento'' in the Colón

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, and the capital of the Chagres District. It had a population of 499 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 327; its population as of 2000 was 419. The town is named after the historical settlement of Chagres, which lay about to the northwest, at the mouth of the Chagres River. Although Chagres fell outside the original boundary of the

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, that boundary was expanded in 1916 to include the Chagres River's mouth. The town of Chagres—with its 96 houses and 400 to 500 inhabitants—was then "depopulated," and its former residents were relocated to Nuevo Chagres.

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Corregimientos of Colón Province Populated places in Colón Province 1916 establishments in Panama Populated places established in 1916 {{Colón-geo-stub