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°WCoordinates: 8°0′0″N 80°30′36″W / 8.00000°N 80.51000°W | |
| Country |
 Panama |
| Province | Herrera |
| District | Parita |
| Founded | 1556[1] |
| Area[2] | |
| • 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 | EST (UTC−5) |
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
- 1 2 Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer p. 1432
- 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
External links
- 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
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