Pinogana

Pinogana
Country Panama
ProvinceDarién
DistrictPinogana
Area
 • Land42.9 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
405
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
ClimateAm

Pinogana is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 405 as of 2010.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 489; its population as of 2000 was 356.[1] It is located along the Tuira River.[2]

Transportation

In late 2025 the community was connected by road and added to the North American Road Network with construction of bridges and road over the Chucunaque and Turia River from Yaviza. Planning for the road started in 2021.[3][4]

This is the first community connected to the North American road network since Whatì, Northwest Territories in 2021.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ (30 April 2008). Panama: Weary repatriation, Relief Web
  3. ^ https://eldigitalpanama.com/licitan-proyecto-carretero-desde-yaviza-hasta-pinogana/
  4. ^ https://pan.news.o-abroad.com/~/economy/203920-en-mop-reports-74-progress-in-the-construction-of-the-yaviza-pinogana-road-in-darien.html

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