El Chorrillo

El Chorrillo
Corregimiento
Country  Panama
Province Panamá
District Panamá
Area[1]
 • Land 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 18,302
 • Density 29,363.1/km2 (76,050/sq mi)
  Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone EST (UTC−5)

El Chorrillo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 18,302 as of 2010.[1]

History

It was founded April 29, 1915, and was originally populated by immigrants working on the construction of the Panama Canal; many were from the Antilles. The impoverished area is the hometown of Manuel Noriega and was damaged during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989.[2] Other former residents of note include boxer Roberto Durán and poet Hector Miguel Collado.

Its population as of 1990 was 20,488; its population as of 2000 was 22,632.[1]

Sport

El Chorillo is the only district in Panama with two first-division clubs - Chorrillo F.C. and Plaza Amador - in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "Noriega returns to Panama a largely forgotten man - World News". worldnews.nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.

Coordinates: 8°56′58″N 79°32′44″W / 8.9494°N 79.5456°W / 8.9494; -79.5456

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