Soná 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 2010 Panamanian census was 27,833;
the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 29,774.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.] The district covers a total area of 1,519 km². The capital lies at the city of
Soná.
It also hosts the Soná Football Club 1835.
The mayor of the city is Aristides Ortiz Arosemena.
The city is referenced in
Prison Break based on a local urban legend of an "underground prison".
Administrative divisions
Soná District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
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Soná
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Bahía Honda
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Calidonia
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Cativé
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El Marañón
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Guarumal
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La Soledad
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Quebrada de Oro
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Río Grande
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The length of the Rio ...
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Rodeo Viejo
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Hicaco
References
Districts of Panama
Veraguas Province
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