Cañazas
Cañazas | |
|---|---|
  Cañazas | |
| Coordinates: 8°19′12″N 81°12′36″W / 8.32000°N 81.21000°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Veraguas |
| District | Cañazas |
| Area | |
| • Land | 89.3 km2 (34.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 4,836 |
| • Density | 54.2/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Population density calculated based on land area. | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
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]
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.)
Climate
| Climate data for Cañazas 2001–2015 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.9 (89.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.6 (70.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 23.0 (0.91) | 5.4 (0.21) | 38.5 (1.52) | 98.7 (3.89) | 328.6 (12.94) | 348.9 (13.74) | 272.8 (10.74) | 383.9 (15.11) | 461.1 (18.15) | 469.5 (18.48) | 298.5 (11.75) | 98.8 (3.89) | 2,827.7 (111.33) |
| Source 1: INEC[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: IMHPA[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ "Meteorología: Años 2001–2015". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo. Retrieved 22 Mar 2025.
- ^ "Datos Meteorológicos". Instituto de Meteorología e Hidrología de Panamá. Retrieved 22 Mar 2025.
