Valle del Risco explained

Valle del Risco
Settlement Type:Corregimiento and town
Pushpin Map:Panama
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bocas del Toro
Established Title:Established
Established Date:January 19, 1998
Area Land Km2:576.8
Area Footnotes:[1] | population_total = 4187| population_as_of = 2010| population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = 7.3| population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.| blank1_name = Climate| timezone = | blank1_info = Af| utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | coordinates = 9.23°N -82.43°W| utc_offset_DST = | elevation_m = | area_code = | website = }}

Valle del Risco Corregimiento, is a group of small rural communities in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama. The biggest community is Valle del Risco, where there is a school and medical services.

To reach Valle Risco you must drive from Almirante, Bocas del Toro, passing high mountains and dangerous curves.

It has a land area of 576.8sqkm and had a population of 4,187 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 7.3PD/sqkm. It was created by Law 5 of January 19, 1998. Its population as of 2000 was 3,422.

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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...)]