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El Caño
Town and corregimiento in Coclé, Panama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Spanish explorer, see Juan Sebastián Elcano. For the archaeological site, see El Caño, Panama (archaeological site).
El Caño is a town and corregimiento in Natá District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi) and had a population of 3,351 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 38.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (101/sq mi).[1] Its population as of 1990 was 2,936; its population as of 2000 was 3,276.[1]
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El Caño | |
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Town and corregimiento | |
Coordinates: 8°24′0″N 80°31′12″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Coclé |
District | Natá |
Area | |
• Land | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 3,351 |
• Density | 38.9/km2 (101/sq mi) |
Population density calculated based on land area. | |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
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El Caño is named after a nearby waterfall found in a creek whose waters end in a nearby river.
In 2010 at El Caño was discovered a cemetery preserving numerous bodies and gold artifacts from a pre-Columbian culture.[2]