El Caño Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)]
  2. Web site: The Mystery of El Cano, Panama's Unknown Civilization • Neperos . Neperos.com . en.