San Miguelito is a city and
district
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(''distrito'') of
Panamá Province
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Administrative di ...
in
Panama
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. The population according to the
2000 census was 293,745;
the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 375,409.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.] The district covers an area of 50.1 km². San Miguelito district is completely
enclaved within Panama District (which completely surrounds it) and it is included in the Panama City Metropolitan Area.
Football
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player
Luis Tejada
Luis Carlos "Matador" Tejada Hansell (28 March 1982 – 28 January 2024) was a Panamanian professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. A journeyman (sports), journeyman player, Tejada re ...
was born in San Miguelito, and both
Blas Pérez
Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Club career
Pérez began his career in his native Panama with P ...
and
Kevin Kurányi
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were once residents of the district.
Administrative divisions
San Miguelito District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
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Amelia Denis de Icaza
Amelia Denis de Icaza (November 28, 1836 – July 16, 1911) was a Colombian and later a Panamanian romantic poet. She was the first Panamanian woman to publish her poetry.
Biography
Born in Panama City in 1836, her father was of French origin a ...
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Belisario Porras
Belisario Porras Barahona (28 November 185628 August 1942) was a Panamanian journalist and politician. He served three terms as President of Panama between 1912 and 1924.
Porras was born in Las Tablas, on the thirty-fifth anniversary of Panama ...
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José Domingo Espinar
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Mateo Iturralde
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Victoriano Lorenzo
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Arnulfo Arias
Arnulfo Arias Madrid (15 August 1901 – 10 August 1988) was a Panamanian politician, medical doctor, and writer who served as the President of Panama from 1940 to 1941, again from 1949 to 1951, and finally for 11 days in October 1968.
Thro ...
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Belisario Frías
Belisario Frías is a corregimiento in San Miguelito District, Panamá Province, Panama
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Omar Torrijos
Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was the Panamanian military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially ...
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Rufina Alfaro
Education
International School of Panama is located in San Miguelito.
Contact Us
" International School of Panama. Retrieved on September 20, 2015. "The International School of Panama Golf Club Road Cerro Viento Rural San Miguelito Panama City, Panama"
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References
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