Río Congo Arriba | |
Settlement Type: | Corregimiento |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Panama |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Darién |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chepigana |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | July 29, 1998 |
Area Land Km2: | 329.5 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 1916|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 5.8|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|coordinates = }} Río Congo Arriba is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,916 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 1,752. Populated placesPlatanilla is the main village and corregimiento seat within Río Congo Arriba; which hosts a school, health center, community center, police station, and corregiduria. Other settlements in the corregimiento also include Río Venado, Nuevo Paraíso, Río Pavo, Buena Vista, Río Bonito, and the indigenous Embera communities Tres Piedras and Monte Rico. References |