Metetí Explained

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.

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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. Friar, William. Panama. Moon Publications (2008), p. 422–23. .