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Corregimiento in Panamá, Panama
El Chorrillo
Corregimiento
Location of El Chorrillo
Country Panama
ProvincePanamá
DistrictPanamá
Area
 • Land0.6 km (0.2 sq mi)
Population
 • Total18,302
 • Density29,363.1/km (76,050/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

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

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 heavily damaged during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989. 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.

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.

El Chorillo is the birthplace of hall of fame boxer Roberto Duran.

References

  1. ^ "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...]. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. "Noriega returns to Panama a largely forgotten man". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  3. No Mas (documentary film). ESPN. 2013.
Panama Panamá Province
Capital: Panama
Balboa District
Chepo District
Chimán District
Panamá District
San Miguelito District
Taboga District

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


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