Puerto Piña

Puerto Piña is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,113 as of 2010.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 558; its population as of 2000 was 813.[1] The town is served by Bahía Piña Airport, which has Air Panama flights to Panama City.

Puerto Piña
Corregimiento
Puerto Piña
Coordinates: 7°35′N 78°11′W
Country	Panama
Province	Darién
District	Chepigana
Area [1]
• Land	302.6 km^2 (116.8 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	1,113
• Density	3.7/km^2 (10/sq mi)
	Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)

This small coastal community is located near the border with Colombia. It is the home for a tourism consortium named "Tropi" by the locals, which forms the only business of the village. The remainder of the economy consists of fishing and subsistence farming. [2] The small town lies beside the Bahía Piña, a narrow bay between two promontories that is frequented by humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins. [3]

References

1. "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
2. Scarcia, Robert (2009). "Ecotourism and feudalism in Puerto Piña". Mirada Global. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
3. Baker, Christopher P.; Mingasson, Gilles (2011). National Geographic Traveler: Panama (2nd ed.). National Geographic Books. p. 142. ISBN 1-4262-0715-8.