Parita

Town and corregimiento in Herrera, Panama
8°0′0″N 80°30′36″W / 8.00000°N 80.51000°W / 8.00000; -80.51000Country PanamaProvinceHerreraDistrictParitaFounded1556[1]Area • Land108.2 km2 (41.8 sq mi)Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total3,723 • Density34.4/km2 (89/sq mi) Population density calculated based on land area.Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

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. ^ a b Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1432
  2. ^ a b c d e "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030354/http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls |date=March 4, 2016 }} (.xls). 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.

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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