Coclé Province Explained

Coclé Province
Native Name:Provincia de Coclé
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Province
Motto:
Coordinates:8.5°N -110°W
Coor Pinpoint:Seat of Government
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Panama
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1985
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Penonomé
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:4946.6
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:268,264
Population As Of:2023 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
Demographics1 Title1:Year
Demographics1 Info1:2023
Demographics1 Title2:Total
Demographics1 Info2:$5.2 billion[2]
Demographics1 Title3:Per capita
Demographics1 Info3:$20,500
Timezone1:Eastern Time
Utc Offset1:-5
Iso Code:PA-2
Blank Name Sec1:HDI (2019)
Blank Info Sec1:0.787[3]

Coclé (pronounced as /es/) is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidency of Dr. Justo de Arosemena. It became a province, Decretory Number 190, on October 20, 1985. Coclé is primarily an agricultural area, with sugar and tomatoes as major crops. The province has a number of well-known beaches, such as Santa Clara, Farallon and Rio Hato, and tourist activity has increased in recent years. It covers an area of 4,946.6 km2, and had a population of 268,264 in 2023.[4]

Pre-Columbian Coclé

See main article: Pre-Columbian Coclé. During pre-Columbian times, the area of Panama which today includes Coclé province had a number of identifiable native cultures. Archaeologists have loosely designated these cultures by pottery style. The poorly studied La Mula period ranged from 150 BC to AD 300. It was followed by the Tonosi period, from AD 300 to AD 550, and by the Cubita period, from AD 550 to AD 700. A unified Indigenous culture appears to have flourished in this area from approximately 1200 BC until the 16th century.

Administrative divisions

Coclé Province is divided into 6 distritos (districts) and subdivided into 44 corregimientos.[5]

DistritoArea
(km2)
Population
Estimate
2010[6]
Population
Estimate
2019[7]
Aguadulce46947,47051,668
Antón74853,36157,672
La Pintada1,03027,97630,161
Natá60521,50723,374
Olá3866,8427,366
Penonomé1,70987,60094,908
DistrictCorregimientos (Subdivisions)Cabecera (Seat)
Aguadulce DistrictSan Juan Bautista de Aguadulce, El Cristo, El Roble, Pocrí, Barrios UnidosSan Juan Bautista de Aguadulce
Antón DistrictAntón, Cabuya, El Chirú, El Retiro, El Valle, Juan Díaz, Río Hato, San Juan de Dios, Santa Rita, CaballeroAntón
La Pintada DistrictLa Pintada, El Harino, El Potrero, Llano Grande, Piedras Gordas, Las Lomas, Llano NorteLa Pintada
Natá DistrictNatá de los Caballeros, Capellanía, El Caño, Guzmán, Las Huacas, TozaNatá de los Caballeros
Olá DistrictOlá, El Copé, El Palmar, El Picacho, La PavaOlá
Penonomé DistrictPenonomé, Cañaveral, Coclé, Chiguirí Arriba, El Coco, Pajonal, Río Grande, Río Indio, Toabré, Tulú, El Valle de San Miguel, Vista Hermosa, Los Uveros, El SilencioPenonomé

Research and conservation

Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera, established around the crash site of former Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, is located in the northeastern portion of Coclé. Parque Omar, as it is known, enjoys some legal protection as a national park.

Coclé is also home to APROVACA orchid conservation center, which conducts orchid conservation activities, including orchid reintroduction into the wild and a sponsorship program for the Panamanian national flower Peristeria elata.

Folklorist Rosita Liao Gonzales was awarded the Order of Manuel José Hurtado for her work categorizing the cultures of Coclé Province.[8]

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
  2. Web site: TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series). Tellusant. 2024-01-11.
  3. Web site: Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
  4. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
  5. Web site: Municipios (Distritos) de Coclé . 15 November 2012 . Editorial OX.
  6. As at 1 July 2010; adjusted for under-enumeration in 2010 Census. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
  7. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
  8. Tomado de: Liao González, Rosita. Las flores de la pollera: pequeño manual para confeccionar y ubicar los tembleques a la usanza coclesana / Rosita Liao González.--Panamá: Editora Sibauste,2003.--23p.