Guabito

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Guabito
Corregimiento and town
Guabito
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Guabito
Coordinates: 9°29′41.5″N82°36′42.2″W / 9.494861°N 82.611722°W / 9.494861; -82.611722
CountryFlag of Panama.svg Panama
Province Bocas del Toro Bandera de la Provincia de Bocas del Toro.svg
District Changuinola District
Area
[1]
  Land168.8 km2 (65.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total
8,387
  Density49.7/km2 (129/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
Climate Tropical rainforest climate(af)

Guabito is a corregimiento and town in the Changuinola District of the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama. [2] It is a small town located directly across the Rio Sixaola from Sixaola, Costa Rica. An elevated former railroad grade and bridge connects Guabito to Sixaola. [3] This border crossing is popular with tourists going between Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro, [4] though few tourists stop in Guabito longer than necessary to clear Panamanian customs. [3]

Guabito has a land area of 168.8 square kilometres (65.2 sq mi) and had a population of 8,387 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 49.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (129/sq mi). [1] Its population as of 1990 was 11,125; its population as of 2000 was 14,366. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030354/http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls |date=2016-03-04 }} (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. World Gazetteer - Guabito, Panama, archived from the original on 2013-02-09
  3. 1 2 Moon Panama , Avalon Travel, November 2008, ISBN   978-1-59880-085-2
  4. Costa Rica 2008 (2nd ed.), Fodor's Travel, 2008, ISBN   978-1-4000-1803-1