Coclé Province

Province of Panama

Province in Panama

Coclé Province

Provincia de Coclé

Province

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Motto(s):

"Trabajo, desarrollo y progreso" (Spanish)
"Work, development and progress"

Location of Coclé in Panama

Coordinates (Seat of Government): 8°30′N 80°30′W﻿ / ﻿8.500°N 80.500°W﻿ / 8.500; -80.500
Country| Panama
Founded| 1985
Capital| Penonomé
Area

• Total| 4,946.6 km2 (1,909.9 sq mi)
Population

(2023 census)[1]

• Total| 268,264
• Density| 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)

• Year| 2023
• Total| $5.2 billion[2]
• Per capita| $20,500
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern Time)
ISO 3166 code| PA-2
HDI (2019)| 0.787[3]
high

Coclé (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈkle]) is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidency of Dr. Justo de Arosemena. It became a province, Decretory Number 190, on October 20, 1985. Coclé is primarily an agricultural area, with sugar and tomatoes as major crops. The province has a number of well-known beaches, such as Santa Clara, Farallon and Rio Hato, and tourist activity has increased in recent years. It covers an area of 4,946.6 km2, and had a population of 268,264 in 2023.[4]

## Pre-Columbian Coclé

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Main article: Pre-Columbian Coclé

During pre-Columbian times, the area of Panama which today includes Coclé province had a number of identifiable native cultures. Archaeologists have loosely designated these cultures by pottery style. The poorly studied La Mula period ranged from 150 BC to AD 300. It was followed by the Tonosi period, from AD 300 to AD 550, and by the Cubita period, from AD 550 to AD 700. A unified Indigenous culture appears to have flourished in this area from approximately 1200 BC until the 16th century.

## Administrative divisions

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Coclé Province is divided into 6 distritos (districts) and subdivided into 44 corregimientos.[5]

Distrito | Area
(km2)  | Population

Estimate
2010[6]

| Population

Estimate
2019[7]

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|
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Aguadulce | 469  | 47,470  | 51,668
Antón | 748  | 53,361  | 57,672
La Pintada | 1,030  | 27,976  | 30,161
Natá | 605  | 21,507  | 23,374
Olá | 386  | 6,842  | 7,366
Penonomé | 1,709  | 87,600  | 94,908
District  | Corregimientos (Subdivisions)  | Cabecera (Seat)

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Aguadulce District | San Juan Bautista de Aguadulce, El Cristo, El Roble, Pocrí, Barrios Unidos | San Juan Bautista de Aguadulce
Antón District | Antón, Cabuya, El Chirú, El Retiro, El Valle, Juan Díaz, Río Hato, San Juan de Dios, Santa Rita, Caballero | Antón
La Pintada District | La Pintada, El Harino, El Potrero, Llano Grande, Piedras Gordas, Las Lomas, Llano Norte | La Pintada
Natá District | Natá de los Caballeros, Capellanía, El Caño, Guzmán, Las Huacas, Toza | Natá de los Caballeros
Olá District | Olá, El Copé, El Palmar, El Picacho, La Pava | Olá
Penonomé District | Penonomé, Cañaveral, Coclé, Chiguirí Arriba, El Coco, Pajonal, Río Grande, Río Indio, Toabré, Tulú, El Valle de San Miguel, Vista Hermosa, Los Uveros, El Silencio | Penonomé

## Research and conservation

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Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera, established around the crash site of former Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, is located in the northeastern portion of Coclé. Parque Omar, as it is known, enjoys some legal protection as a national park.

Coclé is also home to APROVACA orchid conservation center, which conducts orchid conservation activities, including orchid reintroduction into the wild and a sponsorship program for the Panamanian national flower Peristeria elata.

Folklorist Rosita Liao Gonzales was awarded the Order of Manuel José Hurtado for her work categorizing the cultures of Coclé Province.[8]

## References

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* Lothrop, Samuel Kirland. Pre-Columbian Designs from Panama -Illustrations of Coclé Pottery. Dover Publications, Toronto, Canada, 1976. ISBN 0-486-23232-8.

Specific

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
2. ^ "TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
4. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
5. ^ "Municipios (Distritos) de Coclé". Editorial OX. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
6. ^ As at 1 July 2010; adjusted for under-enumeration in 2010 Census. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
7. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Ciudad de Panamá.
8. ^ Tomado de: Liao González, Rosita. Las flores de la pollera: pequeño manual para confeccionar y ubicar los tembleques a la usanza coclesana / Rosita Liao González.--Panamá: Editora Sibauste,2003.--23p.

## External links

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* Coclé Archaeological Sites
* Sito Conte On-Line Collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
* Pre-Columbian Gold artifacts from the Cocle Province Archived 2009-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
* Pre-Columbian Jade artifacts from the Cocle Province
* Pre-Columbian Stone artifacts from Cocle
* Pre-Columbian Pottery from Cocle
* Listing of Additional Archaeological Websites

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Coclé Province

Capital: Penonomé

Aguadulce|

* Aguadulce
* El Cristo
* El Roble
* Pocrí
* Barrios Unidos

Antón|

* Antón
* Cabuya
* El Chirú
* El Retiro
* El Valle
* Juan Díaz
* Río Hato
* San Juan de Dios
* Santa Rita
* Caballero

La Pintada|

* La Pintada
* El Harino
* El Potrero
* Llano Grande
* Piedras Gordas
* Las Lomas
* Llano Norte

Natá|

* Natá
* Capellanía
* El Caño
* Guzmán
* Las Huacas
* Toza

Olá|

* Olá
* El Copé
* El Palmar
* El Picacho
* La Pava

Penonomé|

* Penonomé
* Cañaveral
* Coclé
* Chiguirí Arriba
* El Coco
* Pajonal, Río Grande
* Río Indio
* Toabré
* Tulú
* El Valle de San Miguel
* Vista Hermosa
* Los Uveros
* El Silencio

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* Naso Tjër Di
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Comarcas indígenas

* Kuna de Madugandí
* Kuna de Wargandí

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