El Chorrillo | |
Settlement Type: | Corregimiento |
Pushpin Map: | Panama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Panama |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Panamá |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Panamá |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Land Km2: | 0.6 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 18302 |
Population Density Km2: | 29363.1 |
Population Note: | Population density calculated based on land area. |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
El Chorrillo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 18,302 as of 2010.[1]
It was founded April 29, 1915, and was originally populated by immigrants working on the construction of the Panama Canal; many were from the Antilles. The impoverished area is the hometown of Manuel Noriega and was heavily damaged during the United States invasion of Panama in 1989.[2] Other former residents of note include boxer Roberto Durán[3] and poet Hector Miguel Collado.
Its population as of 1990 was 20,488; its population as of 2000 was 22,632.[1]
El Chorillo is the only district in Panama with two first-division clubs - Chorrillo F.C. and Plaza Amador - in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
El Chorillo is the birthplace of hall of fame boxer Roberto Duran.