David, Chiriquí

David is a city and corregimiento in western Panama and the capital of Chiriquí Province. As of the 2023 census it had 76,863 residents and is described as having a firmly established middle class alongside low unemployment and poverty. Known as David City during the colonial period, it takes its name from the biblical King David and lies along the Pan-American Highway. It is the largest city in Panama outside the Panama City metropolitan area.