Guabito Explained

Guabito
Settlement Type:Corregimiento and town
Pushpin Map:Panama
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Changuinola District
Area Land Km2:168.8
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Zoom:11
Marker:village

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Guabito is a corregimiento and town in the Changuinola District of the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama. It is a small town located directly across the Rio Sixaola from Sixaola, Costa Rica. An elevated former railroad grade and bridge connects Guabito to Sixaola. This border crossing is popular with tourists going between Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro, though few tourists stop in Guabito longer than necessary to clear Panamanian customs.

Guabito has a land area of 168.8sqkm and had a population of 8,387 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 49.7PD/sqkm. Its population as of 1990 was 11,125; its population as of 2000 was 14,366.

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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...)]