Soná District | |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
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".
Soná District is divided administratively into the following corregimientos: