La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama

Geography : Location | History | Villages

🇵🇦 La Chorrera is a city and municipality in central Panama, located about 30 km south-west of Panama City. Is the capital of the province of Panamá Oeste and one of the larger cities in the country and is fond of the phrase "La Bella, Enamoradora y Querendona, La Gran Chorrera", reportedly as a tribute to its beautiful women, kind people, and happy nightlife.

La Chorrera is renowned for its international fair and famous as being the home of Bollo and Chicheme. It's the home of San Francisco F.C., Mariano Rivera (five-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees), Vicente Mosquera (former World Boxing Champion), and José Luis Garcés.

Geography La Chorrera has extensive grasslands that favor the raising of cattle and to a lesser extent pigs.

The fertile lands yield good crops of pineapple, rice, coffee, oranges, cassava, beans and sugar cane. Approximately 2% of the country's lumber comes from this district.

Geography: Location La Chorrera is located on the Panamerican Highway between the districts of Capira and Arraiján, and is about 7 km from the Pacific coast.

History The origin of the name of La Chorrera is not known with certainty, but it is assumed that it is due to the large number of waterfalls that exist, which include El Chorro de La Chorrera, El Chorro Trinidad, El Chorro de Caño Quebrada and others.

Villages • Barrio Colón.

La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama 
<b>La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama</b>
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La Chorrera has a population of over 161,470 people. La Chorrera also forms part of the wider Panamá Oeste Province which has a population of over 464,038 people.

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Antipodal to La Chorrera is: 100.218,-8.879

Locations Near: La Chorrera -79.7822,8.8792

🇵🇦 Panama City -79.52,8.986 d: 31.2  

🇵🇦 Panama -79.517,8.983 d: 31.4  

🇵🇦 San Miguelito -79.5,9.033 d: 35.4  

🇵🇦 Colón -79.883,9.35 d: 53.5  

🇵🇦 Penonomé -80.355,8.519 d: 74.7  

🇵🇦 Santiago de Veraguas -80.967,8.1 d: 156.4  

🇵🇦 Bocas del Toro -82.25,9.333 d: 275.6  

🇨🇷 Limón -83.029,9.991 d: 377  

🇨🇴 Montería -75.882,8.757 d: 428.8  

🇨🇷 Turrialba -83.681,9.89 d: 442.2  

Antipodal to: La Chorrera 100.218,-8.879

🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 19411.1  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 19405.9  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 19405.6  

🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 19361.4  

🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 19340.1  

🇮🇩 Jatinegara 106.167,-6.817 d: 19320.8  

🇮🇩 Cilegon 106.011,-6.003 d: 19300.8  

🇮🇩 Serang 106.15,-6.117 d: 19292.6  

🇮🇩 Ciapus 106.467,-6.267 d: 19267.6  

🇮🇩 Bogor 106.797,-6.597 d: 19247.1  

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