Santa Clara is a beach town in
Coclé Province,
Panama
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. The settlement is a small
fishing village with tourist lodgings and Panamanians' weekend homes.
[ It is located just off the ]Inter-American Highway
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, 11 km southwest of the El Valle turnoff and 100 km southwest of Panama City
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. The closest town is beach resort Farallón.[Sarah Woods. ''Panama''. Bradt Travel Guides (2005)]
p. 156
. Santa Clara's stretch of white sand beach is relatively uncrowded, and there are more locals and fewer tourists in Santa Clara than at other nearby beaches.[Matthew D. Firestone & Regis St. Louis. ''Panama''. ]Lonely Planet
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(2007)
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.
References
Populated places in Coclé Province
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