Santa Fe, Darién

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Santa Fé
Corregimiento and town
Santa Fé is located in Panama
Santa Fé
Santa Fé
Coordinates: 8°39′23″N 78°8′54″W / 8.65639°N 78.14833°W / 8.65639; -78.14833Coordinates: 8°39′23″N 78°8′54″W / 8.65639°N 78.14833°W / 8.65639; -78.14833
Country Panama
ProvinceDarién
DistrictChepigana
EstablishedJuly 29, 1998[1]
Area
 • Land615.3 km2 (237.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total6,923
 • Density11.3/km2 (29/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
ClimateAm

Santa Fé is a corregimiento and town in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 6,923 as of 2010.[1] It was created by Law 58 of July 29, 1998, owing to the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of Law 1 of 1982.[1] Its population as of 2000 was 5,764.[1] It is approximately 200 km east of Panama City on the Inter-American Highway.[2] The town contains a hospital. It is served by bus.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Friar, William. Panama. Moon Publications (2008), p. 422. ISBN 1-59880-085-X.