Metetí | |
Settlement Type: | Corregimiento and town |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Panama |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Darién |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pinogana |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | July 29, 1998 |
Area Land Km2: | 869.5 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 7976|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 9.2|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|blank_name = Climate|blank_info = Aw|coordinates = 8.5°N -77.97°W}} Metetí is a town and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 7,976 as of 2010. It was created by Law 58 of July 29, 1998, owing to the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of Law 1 of 1982. Its population as of 2000 was 6,244. It is the last major town on the Inter-American Highway before the highway ends at Yaviza.[2] Most of the town's residents are originally from Chiriquí Province. The town has a bank with an ATM, a few restaurants and hotels, a police station, and a gas station.References |