Cañazas | |
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Cañazas | |
Coordinates: 8°19′12″N 81°12′36″W / 8.32000°N 81.21000°W | |
Country | Panama |
Province | Veraguas |
District | Cañazas |
Area | |
• Land | 89.3 km2 (34.5 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 4,836 |
• Density | 54.2/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Population density calculated based on land area. | |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
Cañazas is a corregimiento in Cañazas District, Veraguas Province, Panama with a population of 4,836 as of 2010.[1] It is the seat of Cañazas District.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 8,015; its population as of 2000 was 5,346.[1]
An extinct, unclassified indigenous language known as Urraca or Esquegua was spoken just north of the modern city of Cañazas, Panama.[2] (See List of unclassified languages of South America#Northern Andes.)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 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. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
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