El Caño | |
Settlement Type: | Town and corregimiento |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Panama |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Coclé |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Natá |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Land Km2: | 86 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 3351|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 38.9|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|coordinates = 8.4°N -80.52°W}} El Caño is a town and corregimiento in Natá District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 86sqkm and had a population of 3,351 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 38.9PD/sqkm. Its population as of 1990 was 2,936; its population as of 2000 was 3,276. El Caño is named after a nearby waterfall found in a creek whose waters end in a nearby river. In 2010 at El Caño was discovered a cemetery preserving numerous bodies and gold artifacts from a pre-Columbian culture.[2] References |