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Puerto Armuelles
Rabo De Puerco El Petrolero | |
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City and corregimiento | |
Nickname: The petroleum capital of Panama | |
Country | Panama |
Province | Chiriquí |
District | Barú |
Founded | 1928 |
City Status | 1990 |
Government | |
• Type | Cosmopolitan borough, City |
• Governing body | Puerto Armuelles City Council |
Area | |
• Land | 222.5 km2 (85.9 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 20,455 |
• Density | 91.9/km2 (238/sq mi) |
Population density calculated based on land area. | |
Climate | Am |
Puerto Armuelles is a city and corregimiento on Panama's Pacific coast in western Chiriquí Province adjacent to Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Barú District[1] and the second-largest city in Chiriqui province with a population of nearly 25,000. Puerto Armuelles has two different types of deep-water ports, one for bananas, and one for oil.