El Chorrillo
El Chorrillo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 18,302 as of 2010.[1]
El Chorrillo | |
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| Country |  |
| Province | Panamá |
| District | Panamá |
| Area | |
| • Land | 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,302 |
| • Density | 29,363.1/km2 (76,050/sq mi) |
| Population density calculated based on land area. | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
History
It was founded April 29, 1915, and was originally populated by immigrants working on the construction of the Panama Canal; many were from the Antilles. The impoverished area is the hometown of Manuel Noriega and was heavily damaged during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989.[2] Other former residents of note include boxer Roberto Durán[3] and poet Hector Miguel Collado.
Its population as of 1990 was 20,488; its population as of 2000 was 22,632.[1]
Sport
El Chorillo is the only district in Panama with two first-division clubs - Chorrillo F.C. and Plaza Amador - in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
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References
- "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...]. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- "Noriega returns to Panama a largely forgotten man". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
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