Puerto Armuelles

Puerto Armuelles
Rabo De Puerco
El Petrolero
City and corregimiento
Nickname: 
The petroleum capital of Panama
Puerto Armuelles global positioning
Puerto Armuelles global positioning
CountryPanama
ProvinceChiriquí
DistrictBarú
Founded1928
City Status1990
Government
 • TypeCosmopolitan borough, City
 • Governing bodyPuerto Armuelles City Council
Area
 • Land222.5 km2 (85.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total20,455
 • Density91.9/km2 (238/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
ClimateAm

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.

  1. ^ a b c "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.