La Chorrera () is a city and municipality in central
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 ...
, located about 30 km south-west 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 is the capital of the province of
Panamá Oeste and one of the larger cities in the country and is fond of the phrase "La Bella, Enamoradora y Querendona, La Gran Chorrera", reportedly as a tribute to its beautiful women, kind people, and happy nightlife.
La Chorrera is renowned for its international fair and famous as being the home of Bollo and
Chicheme. It is the home of
San Francisco F.C.,
Mariano Rivera
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(five-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees),
Vicente Mosquera (former World Boxing Champion), and
José Luis Garcés.
Geography and climate

La Chorrera has a warm
tropical climate
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with heavy seasonal rains in the months of May to November, leading to extensive grasslands that favor the raising of cattle and to a lesser extent pigs.
The fertile lands yield good crops of
pineapple
The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a Tropical vegetation, tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been culti ...
,
rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...
,
coffee
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,
oranges,
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
,
beans
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and
sugar cane
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. Approximately 2% of the country's
lumber
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comes from this district.
Location
La Chorrera is located on the
Panamerican Highway between the districts of
Capira and
Arraiján
Arraiján is a city and corregimiento in Arraiján District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama
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, and is about 7 kilometers from the
Pacific
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coast.
History
The origin of the name of La Chorrera is not known with certainty, but it is assumed that it is due to the large number of waterfalls that exist, which include El Chorro de La Chorrera, El Chorro Trinidad, El Chorro de Caño Quebrada and others.
Villages
*
Barrio Colón
Barrio Colón is a Corregimientos of Panama, corregimiento within the city of La Chorrera, Panama, La Chorrera, in La Chorrera District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama with a population of 33,214 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 20,746; i ...
References
* http://www.presidencia.gob.pa
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Populated places in Panamá Oeste Province