Colón District is a
district
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(''distrito'') of
Colón Province
Colón () is a province of Panama. The capital is the city of Colón. It covers an area of 4,575.5 km2, and the population (in 2023) is 281,956.
Overview
This province has traditionally been focused on commerce (through the Colón Free Zone, ...
in
Panama
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. The population according to the
2000 census was 174,059;
the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 253,366.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.] The district covers a total area of 1,180 km². The capital lies at the city of
Colón City.
Administrative divisions
Colón District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
*
Barrio Norte1
*
Barrio Sur1
*
Buena Vista
*
Cativá
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Ciricito
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Sabanitas
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Salamanca
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*
Limón
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Nueva Providencia
*
Puerto Pilón
Puerto Pilón is a corregimiento in Colón District, Colón Province, Panama
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Cristóbal
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* Cr ...
*
Escobal
*
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
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San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
*
Santa Rosa
1 - These ''corregimientos'' represent as
Colón City, the capital of the district.
References
Districts of Colón Province
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