Lídice Explained

Lídice
Settlement Type:Corregimiento
Pushpin Map:Panama
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Panamá Oeste
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Capira
Established Title:Established
Area Land Km2:42.6
Area Footnotes:[1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 5307|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 124.5|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|coordinates = 8.75°N -79.9°W}}

Lídice is a town and corregimiento in Capira District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama with a population of 5,307 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 3,840; its population as of 2000 was 4,711.

The town was renamed on 31 October 1943, from Potrero, to commemorate the town of Lidice in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (the Czech Republic today) which was razed to the ground, and its population murdered by the SS on 10 June 1942 as a retribution for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a highly ranked official.

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  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...)]