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Key facts
- Country
- Panama
- Capital
- Penonomé
- Total
- 4,946.6 km (1,909.9 sq mi)
- Density
- 54.232/km (140.46/sq mi)
- Per capita
- $20,500
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern Time )
- Iso 3166 code
- PA-2
- Hdi 2019
- 0.787 , high
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Panama
- Country
- Panama
- Located in
- Panama
- Capital
- Penonomé
- Population
- 233708
- Area
- 4927
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Shares border with
- Panamá Province
- Image
- Scenery in El Valle de Anton (02).jpg
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- Commons category
- Coclé Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Coclé Province
- inception
- 1855-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Coclé ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈkle]) is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The administrative capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidency of Dr. Justo de Arosemena. It became a province, Decretory Number 190, on October 20, 1985. Coclé is primarily an agricultural area, with sugar and tomatoes as major crops. The province has a number of well-known beaches, such as Santa Clara, Farallon and Rio Hato, and tourist activity has increased in recent years. It covers an area of 4,946.6 km, and had a population of 268,264 in 2023.
Pre-Columbian Coclé
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coclé Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.