Chepo is a town and

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Chepo District Chepo is a district (''distrito'') of Panamá Province in Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the w ...

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with a population of 20,420 as of 2010. It is the seat of Chepo District. Its population as of 1990 was 8,971; its population as of 2000 was 12,734. It is located five kilometers south of the

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.Friar, William. ''Panama''.

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(2008), p. 422. . It is a sprawling town that is nearly a suburb of

Panama City Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...

. It contains a gas station, hospital, ATM, and a variety of stores. The Panamanian Minister of Public Work announced a new highway expansion connecting Pacora to Chepo The

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formerly began at Chepo, where the

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ended; after jungle, it begins again at

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. Chepo was formerly a transshipment point and base for adventure travel outfitters. Since completion of the paved highway to

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about 2008, most of this economic activity has moved to Metetí or Yaviza.

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Corregimientos of Panamá Province Populated places in Panamá Province {{PanamáPA-geo-stub