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Corregimiento and town in Bocas del Toro, Panama
Guabito
Corregimiento and town
Guabito is located in PanamaGuabitoGuabito
Coordinates: 9°29′41.5″N 82°36′42.2″W / 9.494861°N 82.611722°W / 9.494861; -82.611722
Country Panama
ProvinceBocas del Toro
DistrictChanguinola District
Area
 • Land168.8 km (65.2 sq mi)
Population
 • Total8,387
 • Density49.7/km (129/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
ClimateAf

Guabito is a corregimiento and town in the Changuinola District of the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama. 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. This border crossing is popular with tourists going between Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro, though few tourists stop in Guabito longer than necessary to clear Panamanian customs.

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). Its population as of 1990 was 11,125; its population as of 2000 was 14,366.

References

  1. ^ "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" {{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. ^ 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
Flag of Panama Bocas del Toro Province
Capital: Bocas del Toro
Almirante District
Bocas del Toro District
Changuinola District
Chiriquí Grande District


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