Chiriquí Grande is a
corregimiento
''Corregimiento'' (; , ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A ''corregimiento'' was usually headed by a '' corregidor''. The ...
in
Chiriquí Grande District,
Bocas del Toro Province
Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouths of the Bull") is a Provinces of Panama, province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Al ...
,
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 west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
. It is the seat of Chiriquí Grande District.
[ It has a land area of and had a population of 3,014 as of 2010, giving it a population density of .][ Its population as of 1990 was 7,637; its population as of 2000 was 2,069.][ The town is located on the southern shore of Chiriquí Lagoon and its port serves as the northern terminus of the ]Trans-Panama pipeline
The Trans-Panama Pipeline () is an oil pipeline across Panama near the Costa Rican border from the port of Chiriqui Grande, Bocas del Toro Province, Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean coast to the port of Charco Azul on the Pacific coa ...
.
References
Corregimientos of Bocas del Toro Province
Panamanian coasts of the Caribbean Sea
Populated coastal places in Panama
Ports and harbours of Panama
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