Soná District Explained

Soná District
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Pushpin Map:Panama
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the district capital in Panama
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Veraguas Province
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Soná
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:1519
Population As Of:2019
Population Note:official estimate[1]
Population Total:29774
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:ETZ
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:7.9167°N -101°W

Soná District is a district (distrito) of Veraguas Province in Panama. The population according to the 2010 Panamanian census was 27,833;[2] the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 29,774.[3] The district covers a total area of 1,519 km². The capital lies at the city of Soná.[2]

It also hosts the Soná Football Club 1835.

The mayor of the city is Aristides Ortiz Arosemena.[4]

The city is referenced in Prison Break based on a local urban legend of an "underground prison".

Administrative divisions

Soná District is divided administratively into the following corregimientos:

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.
  2. Web site: Districts of Panama. Statoids. April 13, 2009.
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.
  4. Web site: Expresiones_Especial_Playa El Flor: Belleza y Conflicto en la Costa sur de Veraguas. . Expresiones. Para una Sociedad Participativa. . 2 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080219214333/http://www.expresionesamp.net/AE02/E70122006/sespec.htm . 19 February 2008. dead.