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Changuinola

Field	Value
name	Changuinola
settlement_type	Corregimiento and town
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Panama
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Bocas del Toro
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Changuinola
area_land_km2	96.7
area_footnotes
population_as_of	2010
population_total	31223
population_footnotes
blank1_name	Climate
blank1_info	Af
timezone	Eastern Time
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	No DST
utc_offset_DST	-5
<ref name	worldWorld Gazeteer: Panama
coordinates
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Changuinola is a city in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama and seat city of the Changuinola District. The city attracts tourists as a popular gateway to Bocas Town and nearby cities Almirante and Chiriqui Grande.

Changuinola is surrounded by Changuinola River and extensive banana plantations.

Demographics

The corregimiento of Changuinola has a land area of 96.7 sqkm and had a population of 31,223 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 323 PD/sqkm. Its population as of 1990 was 33,721; its population as of 2000 was 39,896.

Climate

Changuinola is a coastal location with a tropical climate, more specifically a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate. The area does not have a predictable dry season. The driest times are late August to mid-October and February to March. Changuinola is humid. Thundershowers and heavy rain are common. Normal temperatures are consistent all year, with maxima being 80 to and minima 71 to. Due to its low latitude, sunrise is around 6 AM, and sunset is around 6 PM local time. These times vary slightly during the year. Weather data is collected at Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport.

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Transportation

Changuinola is accessible by air, land, or sea. Visitors can fly into Capitán Manuel Niño International Airport from Panama City by Air Panama. It has daily flights but can be delayed due to frequent thunderstorms and heavy rains. Direct flights from the United States, Canada, and Mexico are not available.

Buses run between Changuinola, Almirante, David and Panama City. When traveling by land, tourists coming from or going to Costa Rica must clear both Costa Rican customs in Sixaola and Panamanian customs in Guabito. Buses are more reliable in bad weather.

Infrastructure

GE Diesel Electro-motive engine over old Changuinola River Bridge

Changuinola is divided into small farm communities called "Fincas", since all of the city is surrounded by banana plantations.

Changuinola has one main road that crosses the town from south to north and connects Changuinola to Guabito, at the Panama–Costa Rica border.

The Changuinola River bridge was built in 2009 and replaced the 1920 railroad bridge next to it.

Changuinola was struck in April 1991 by the 7.7 Bocas del Toro eqarthquake, and the town was reconstructed in the following years.

Public Services

Private and Public health care available. The CSS Changuinola Hospital is located right next to the Police station, and private clinics are also a great choice and available in the city.

Changuinola has several public and private schools, to mention most important IPT Changuinola and Empalme School.

University of Panama extension "CRUB" is located in Empalme, Changuinola

References

(4 March 2016 }}] (.xls). In {{cite web). "Resultados Finales Básicos". [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama]].
(July 2021)
"Changuinola, Panama". Weather Underground.
Frommer's Panama (2E, 2009), {{ISBN. 978-0-470-37183-1.

Wikipedia Source

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