Río Congo Arriba Explained

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 places

Platanilla 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

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...)]