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Los Pozos District

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Country
  
Time zone
  
ETZ (UTC-5)

Founded
  
1848

Province
  
Capital
  
Los Pozos

Area
  
383 km²

Population
  
7,827 (2000)

Los Pozos District

Weather
  
24°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 88% Humidity

Los Pozos District ([los ˈposos]) is a district (distrito) of Herrera Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 7,827. The district covers a total area of 383 km². The capital lies at the city of Los Pozos.

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Administrative divisions

The district is divided administratively into the following corregimientos:

Los Pozos (capital), El Capurí, El Calabacito, El Cedro, La Arena, La Pitaloza, Los Cerritos, Los Cerros de Paja and Las Llanas.

Culture

Los Pozos, as the district of Herrera, is known for its rich culture of music and clothing. Tipico music is the traditional music and dance is most often enjoyed in the district. Men usually wear a typical straw hat and white traditional button down shirt. Women, during festivals, will dress in elaborate dresses and hair styles.

This district is also well known for a common greeting, mostly by men but also by women, called a "grito". The sound is similar to a short howl. The greeting was originally developed by field workers as a way to avoid one another while working in tall grasses with machettees. While this type of work has greatly decreased, the greeting has remained. Passers by often greet one another with it and may recognize one another before seeing each other by the sound of their grito. During celebrations, it is common for a group of people to form a circle and yell grito's at one another.

References

Los Pozos District Wikipedia


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