Official Name: | Cañazas |
Settlement Type: | Corregimiento |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Panama |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Veraguas |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Cañazas |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Land Km2: | 89.3 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 4836 |
Population Density Km2: | 54.2 |
Population Note: | Population density calculated based on land area. |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Coordinates: | 8.32°N -81.21°W |
Cañazas is a corregimiento in Cañazas District, Veraguas Province, Panama, with a population of 4,836 as of 2010.[1] It is the seat of Cañazas District.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 8,015; its population as of 2000 was 5,346.[1]
An extinct, unclassified indigenous language known as Urraca or Esquegua was spoken just north of the modern city of Cañazas, Panama.[2] (See List of unclassified languages of South America#Northern Andes.)