Santa Cruz de Chinina

Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Coordinates: 8°59′00″N 79°02′00″W / 8.9833°N 79.0333°W / 8.9833; -79.0333
Country Panama
ProvincePanamá
DistrictChepo
Area
 • Land351.5 km2 (135.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
1,572
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

Santa Cruz de Chinina is a corregimiento in Chepo District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 1,572 as of 2010.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 1,954; its population as of 2000 was 1,715.[1]

In 2013, the corregimiento Río Lagarto was created by splitting in two the corregimiento Santa Cruz de Chinina.[2]

In 2025, the construction of a $29-million bridge crossing the Bayano river in Chinina was finalized.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Navarro, Dayana (9 April 2013). "Chepo tendrá ahora 10 corregimientos". www.laestrella.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  3. ^ Arcia, José (27 June 2025). "Agricultores y ganaderos reclaman apertura de puente vehicular sobre el río Bayano". www.laestrella.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-24.