| El Cristo | |
| 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: | Aguadulce |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Land Km2: | 113 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 4017|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 35.5|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|coordinates = 8.25°N -80.62°W}} El Cristo is a town and corregimiento in Aguadulce District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 113sqkm and a population of 4,017 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 35.5PD/sqkm. Its population as of 1990 was 3,393; its population as of 2000 was 3,852. El Cristo is one of the oldest towns in the region. In pre-Columbian times it was inhabited by an aboriginal community for a period of several centuries. According to studies by the archaeologist Cook, this community is similar to the pre-Columbian site of the Sierra at the edge of Santa Maria. The history of El Cristo goes back to the founding of Nata, by which time El Cristo was a cattle farm of the Spanish. The town is home to a Christmas tree, renowned for being the highest in Central America. References |