Chepigana District

Chepigana
District
Chepigana Location of the district capital in Panama
Coordinates: 8°24′36″N 78°9′0″W
Country	Panama
Province	Darién Province
Capital	La Palma
Area [1]
• Total	4,625.1 km^2 (1,785.8 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	30,110
Time zone	UTC-5 (ETZ)

Chepigana District (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃepiˈɣana]) is a district (distrito) of Darién Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 27,461,[3] and had risen to 30,110 in the 2010 census,[2] prior to the creation of Santa Fe District. Since the separation of Santa Fe District, Chepigana covers a total area of 4,625.1 square kilometres (1,785.8 sq mi).[1] The capital lies at the town of La Palma.[3]

On 14 July 2017, the National Assembly decreed the separation of seven corregimientos from Chepigana District to create Santa Fe District,[4] which took effect in 2018.[5]

Administrative divisions

Since 2018, Chepigana District has been divided into the following corregimientos:

• La Palma
• Camoganti
• Chepigana
• Garachiné
• Jaqué
• Puerto Piña
• Sambú
• Setegantí
• Taimatí
• Tucutí

References

1. "Cuadro 3. SUPERFICIE, POBLACIÓN Y DENSIDAD DE POBLACIÓN DE LA REPÚBLICA, SEGÚN PROVINCIA, DISTRITO Y CORREGIMIENTO: CENSOS DE 1990 A 2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEC. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
2. "Algunas características importantes de las viviendas particulares ocupadas y de la población de la República, por provincia, distrito y corregimiento: Censo 2010". Censo 2010, Volumen 1: Lugares Poblados de la República (in Spanish). INEC. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
3. "Districts of Panama". Statoids. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
4. "Ley 57 de 14 de julio de 2017" (PDF). Official Digital Gazette of Panama (in Spanish). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "Ley 8 de 14 de Febrero de 2018" (PDF). Official Digital Gazette of Panama (in Spanish). 15 February 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

8°24′36″N 78°9′0″W