Santa Marta 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
Bugaba District
Bugaba District () is a district (''distrito'') of Chiriquí Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 68,570. The district covers a total area of 884 km². The capital lies at the city of La Concepción.
Administ ...
,
Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí () is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km2, with a population of 47 ...
,
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 has a land area of and had a population of 3,679 as of 2010, giving it a population density of .
[ Its population as of 1990 was 2,940; its population as of 2000 was 3,396.][
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Notable people
Ricardo Cordoba
Ricardo Alberto Cordoba Mosquera (born 11 October 1983 in Santa Marta, Panama, Santa Marta, Panama) is a former professional boxing, boxer who fought in the super bantamweight division.
Professional career
Cordoba turned professional in Septembe ...
, former World Boxing Champion.
References
Corregimientos of Chiriquí Province
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