Parita
Parita | |
|---|---|
Town and corregimiento | |
 Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Parita | |
  Parita | |
| Coordinates: 8°0′0″N 80°30′36″W / 8.00000°N 80.51000°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Herrera |
| District | Parita |
| Founded | 1556[1] |
| Area | |
| • Land | 108.2 km2 (41.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 3,723 |
| • Density | 34.4/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Population density calculated based on land area. | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
Parita is a town and corregimiento in Parita District, Herrera Province, Panama with a population of 3,723 as of 2010.[2] It is the seat of Parita District.[2] It was founded in 1556.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 3,257; its population as of 2000 was 3,616.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1432
- ^ a b c d e "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.
External links
[edit]- The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Parita
Capital: Chitré | ||
| Chitré District |  | |
| Las Minas District | ||
| Los Pozos District | ||
| Ocú District | ||
| Parita District | ||
| Pesé District | ||
| Santa María | ||
