Paso Canoas

Paso Canoas
Paso Canoas
Paso Canoas is located in Costa Rica
Paso Canoas
Paso Canoas
Paso Canoas is located in Panama
Paso Canoas
Paso Canoas
Coordinates: 8°32′0″N 82°50′0″W / 8.53333°N 82.83333°W / 8.53333; -82.83333
CountryCosta Rica
Panama
ProvincePuntarenas
Chiriquí
CantonCorredores (CRI)
DistrictBarú (PAN)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total9,543 (CRI)[1]
Postal code
61003 (CRI)[2]
View of Paso Canoas, from the Panamanian side.

Paso Canoas is an international city shared between Puntarenas Province in Costa Rica and Chiriquí Province in the west of Panama. The border between Costa Rica and Panama crosses Paso Canoas from north to south, with the result that the city is both Costa Rican and Panamanian.

In Costa Rica, Paso Canoas is the located in Canoas, the third district of the canton of Corredores, in Puntarenas Province (in the Brunca region in the south of the country).

In Panama, it belongs to the corregimiento of Progreso, in Barú District, Chiriquí.

Because the city is located in a border region, trade is very important for the inhabitants of the area.