Santa Cruz de Chinina

Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina is located in Panamá Province
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina is located in Panama
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Santa Cruz de Chinina
Coordinates: 8°59′00″N 79°02′00″W / 8.9833°N 79.0333°W / 8.9833; -79.0333
Country Panama
ProvincePanamá
DistrictChepo
Area
 • Land351.5 km2 (135.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
1,572
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

Santa Cruz de Chinina is a corregimiento in Chepo District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 1,572 as of 2010.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 1,954; its population as of 2000 was 1,715.[1]

In 2013, the corregimiento Río Lagarto was created by splitting in two the corregimiento Santa Cruz de Chinina.[2]

In 2025, the construction of a $29-million bridge crossing the Bayano river in Chinina was finalized.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ Navarro, Dayana (9 April 2013). "Chepo tendrá ahora 10 corregimientos". www.laestrella.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  3. ^ Arcia, José (27 June 2025). "Agricultores y ganaderos reclaman apertura de puente vehicular sobre el río Bayano". www.laestrella.com.pa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-24.