El Caño
El Caño | |
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Town and corregimiento | |
  El Caño | |
| Coordinates: 8°24′0″N 80°31′12″W / 8.40000°N 80.52000°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Coclé |
| District | Natá |
| Area | |
| • Land | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 3,351 |
| • Density | 38.9/km2 (101/sq mi) |
| Population density calculated based on land area. | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
El Caño is a town and corregimiento in Natá District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi) and had a population of 3,351 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 38.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (101/sq mi).[1] Its population as of 1990 was 2,936; its population as of 2000 was 3,276.[1]
El Caño is named after a nearby waterfall found in a creek whose waters end in a nearby river.
In 2010 at El Caño was discovered a cemetery preserving numerous bodies and gold artifacts from a pre-Columbian culture.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030354/http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls |date=March 4, 2016 }} (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ "The Mystery of El Cano, Panama's Unknown Civilization • Neperos". Neperos.com.
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