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Corregimiento in Panamá, Panama From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Chorrillo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 18,302 as of 2010.[1]
It was founded April 29, 1915, and was originally populated by immigrants working on the construction of the Panama Canal; many were from the Antilles. The impoverished area is the hometown of Manuel Noriega and was heavily damaged during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989.[2] Other former residents of note include boxer Roberto Durán[3] and poet Hector Miguel Collado.
Its population as of 1990 was 20,488; its population as of 2000 was 22,632.[1]
El Chorillo is the only district in Panama with two first-division clubs - Chorrillo F.C. and Plaza Amador - in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
El Chorillo is the birthplace of hall of fame boxer Roberto Duran.
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