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Panamá Oeste Province

Provincia de Panamá Oeste

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Location of Panama Oeste Province in Panama

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Created

1 January 2014

Capital city

Area

• Total

2,786 km² (1,076 sq mi)

Population

(2010 census)

• Total

464,038

• Density

166.561/km² (431.39/sq mi)

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Panamá Oeste (Spanish pronunciation: [panaˈma oˈeste]; "West Panama" in English) is the newest province in Panama.

It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal on 1 January 2014. The capital is La Chorrera.

Administrative divisions

Panamá Oeste Province is divided into 5 distritos (districts) and subdivided into 59 corregimientos.

Distrito	Area (km²)	Population Census 2010	Population 2019 Estimate
Arraiján	418	230,311	296,188
Capira	978	41,179	47,244
Chame	377	26,185	31,373
La Chorrera	770	167,799	199,708
San Carlos	338	20,236	24,001

District	Corregimientos (Subdivisions)	Cabecera (Seat)
Arraiján District	Arraiján, Burunga, Cerro Silvestre, Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Nuevo Arraiján, Nuevo Emperador, San Vicente de Bique, Santa Clara, Veracruz, Vista Alegre	Arraiján
Capira District	Capira, Caimito, Campana, Cermeño, Cirí de Los Sotos, Cirí Grande, El Cacao, La Trinidad, Las Ollas Arriba, Lídice, Santa Rosa, Villa Carmen, Villa Rosario	Capira
Chame District	Chame, Bejuco, Buenos Aires, Cabuya, Chicá, El Líbano, Las Lajas, Nueva Gorgona, Punta Chame, Sajalices, Sorá	Chame
La Chorrera District	La Chorrera, Barrio Balboa, Barrio Colón, Amador, Arosemena, El Arado, El Coco, Feuillet, Guadalupe, Herrera, Hurtado, Iturralde, La Represa, Los Díaz, Mendoza, Obaldía, Playa Leona, Puerto Caimito, Santa Rita	La Chorrera
San Carlos District	San Carlos, El Espino, El Higo, Guayabito, La Ermita, La Laguna, Las Uvas, Los Llanitos, San José	San Carlos