Guabito

Guabito
Corregimiento and town
Guabito
Coordinates: 9°30′0″N 82°37′12″W / 9.50000°N 82.62000°W / 9.50000; -82.62000
Country	Panama
Province	Bocas del Toro
District	Changuinola District
Area[1]
• Land	168.8 km2 (65.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	8,387
• Density	49.7/km2 (129/sq mi)
	Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone	Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
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 

• World Gazeteer: Panama – World-Gazetteer.com

Coordinates: 9°30′0″N 82°37′12″W / 9.50000°N 82.62000°W / 9.50000; -82.62000