La Chorrera is a city in Panama Oeste province, west of Panama City across the Panama Canal, and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the Panama City metropolitan region. It takes its name from a waterfall on the Caimito River that once powered colonial-era mills, and the city today functions increasingly as a commuter and industrial satellite of the capital, linked by the Pan-American Highway and the Bridge of the Americas corridor. Panama Oeste province was itself created in 2014 by dividing the former Panama province, with La Chorrera as its capital.
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1. Wikidata: La Chorrera
- Wikidata Q774405, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q774405 P571, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P571 value year 1855
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, -79.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, -79.75
8.75 -79.75 Am
3. GeoNames: La Chorrera - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3707961, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3707961, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
8.87763 -79.78007 P PPLA PA 13 1307 130701 61232 70 America/Panama
La Chorrera (Wikipedia)
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