Cañazas

Cañazas is a corregimiento in Cañazas District, Veraguas Province, Panama with a population of 4,836 as of 2010.[1] It is the seat of Cañazas District.[1] Its population as of 1990 was 8,015; its population as of 2000 was 5,346.[1]

Cañazas
Corregimiento
Cañazas
Coordinates: 8°19′12″N 81°12′36″W
Country Panama
ProvinceVeraguas
DistrictCañazas
Area
 • Land89.3 km2 (34.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total4,836
 • Density54.2/km2 (140/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

An extinct, unclassified indigenous language known as Urraca or Esquegua was spoken just north of the modern city of Cañazas, Panama.[2] (See List of unclassified languages of South America#Northern Andes.)

References
  1. "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 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. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.


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