El Caño

For the Spanish explorer, see Juan Sebastián Elcano. For the archaeological site, see El Caño, Panama (archaeological site).
El Caño
Town and corregimiento
El Caño is located in Panama
El Caño
El Caño
Coordinates: 8°24′0″N 80°31′12″W / 8.40000°N 80.52000°W / 8.40000; -80.52000
Country Panama
ProvinceCoclé
DistrictNatá
Area
[1]
 • Land86 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
3,351
 • Density38.9/km2 (101/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

El Caño is a town and corregimiento in Natá District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi) and had a population of 3,351 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 38.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (101/sq mi).[1] Its population as of 1990 was 2,936; its population as of 2000 was 3,276.[1]

El Caño is named after a nearby waterfall found in a creek whose waters end in a nearby river.

In 2010 at El Caño was discovered a cemetery preserving numerous bodies and gold artifacts from a pre-Columbian culture.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030354/http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls |date=March 4, 2016 }} (.xls). 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.
  2. ^ "The Mystery of El Cano, Panama's Unknown Civilization • Neperos". Neperos.com.


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