La Chorrera

It is the home of San Francisco F.C, Mariano Rivera (five-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees), Vicente Mosquera (former World Boxing Champion), and José Luis Garcés.

• Name — La Chorrera • Settlement Type — District • Image Skyline — Distrito de La Chorrera.jpg • Image Flag — Flag of La Chorrera.svg • Image Shield — Escudo de La Chorrera.svg • Pushpin Map — Panama • Pushpin Label Position — right • Pushpin Mapsize — 300 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of the district capital in Panama • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Panama • Subdivision Type1 — Provincia • Subdivision Name1 — Panamá Oeste • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — La Chorrera • Leader Title1 — Mayor • Leader Name1 — Tomás Velásquez • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 337 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Total — 161,470 • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Timezone — ETZ • Utc Offset — -5 • Blank Name — Climate • Blank Info — Aw La Chorrera is a city and municipality in central Panama, located about 30 km south-west of Panama City. It is the capital of the province of Panamá Oeste and one of the larger cities in the country and is fond of the phrase "La Bella, Enamoradora y Querendona, La Gran Chorrera", reportedly as a tribute to its beautiful women, kind people, and happy nightlife. La Chorrera is renowned for its international fair and famous as being the home of Bollo and Chicheme. It is the home of San Francisco F.C., Mariano Rivera (five-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees), Vicente Mosquera (former World Boxing Champion), and José Luis Garcés.

• Illustration — El Chorro of La Chorrera La Chorrera has a warm tropical climate with heavy seasonal rains in the months of May to November, leading to extensive grasslands that favor the raising of cattle and to a lesser extent pigs. The fertile lands yield good crops of pineapple, rice, coffee, oranges, cassava, beans and sugar cane. Approximately 2% of the country's lumber comes from this district.

La Chorrera is located on the Panamerican Highway between the districts of Capira and Arraiján, and is about 7 kilometers from the Pacific coast.

The origin of the name of La Chorrera is not known with certainty, but it is assumed that it is due to the large number of waterfalls that exist, which include El Chorro de La Chorrera, El Chorro Trinidad, El Chorro de Caño Quebrada and others.

• Boris Alfaro, footballer • Enrique Burgos, professional baseball player • Serena ChaCha, drag queen • Leroy Estrada, professional boxer • Andrea Ferris, middle-distance runner • José Luis Garcés, footballer • Carmen Jaramillo, model • Víctor Miranda, footballer • Martín Morán, footballer • Carlos Ortega, professional boxer • Joaquín Riascos, politician and President of Colombia • Rubén Rivera, professional baseball player • Arístides Royo, politician and President of Panama • Julio Segundo, footballer

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