Santa Clara is a beach town in

Coclé Province Coclé () is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidenc ...

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. The settlement is a small

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with tourist lodgings and Panamanians' weekend homes. It is located just off the

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, 11 km southwest of the El Valle turnoff and 100 km southwest of

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. The closest town is beach resort Farallón.Sarah Woods. ''Panama''. Bradt Travel Guides (2005)
p. 156
. Santa Clara's stretch of white sand beach is relatively uncrowded, and there are more locals and fewer tourists in Santa Clara than at other nearby beaches.Matthew D. Firestone & Regis St. Louis. ''Panama''.

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.

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Populated places in Coclé Province {{Coclé-geo-stub