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 | |
|---|---|
  Puerto Piña | |
| Coordinates: 7°35′N 78°11′W / 7.583°N 78.183°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Darién |
| District | Chepigana |
| Area | |
| • Land | 302.6 km2 (116.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,113 |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (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
edit- ^ 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...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Scarcia, Robert (2009). "Ecotourism and feudalism in Puerto Piña". Mirada Global. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Baker, Christopher P.; Mingasson, Gilles (2011). National Geographic Traveler: Panama (2nd ed.). National Geographic Books. p. 142. ISBN 1-4262-0715-8.