Area 971 km² Local time Sunday 3:47 PM | Time zone ETZ (UTC-5) Founded 2001 Population 5,778 (2000) | |
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Weather 34°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 47% Humidity | ||
Created in 2001, Mariato District is a district (distrito) of Veraguas Province in Panama. The district seat is the town of Llano del Catival, also known simply as Mariato.
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Map of Mariato, Panama
Geographically, the district totaling 1,408.9 km² comprises the west-facing coast of the Azuero peninsula fronting the Gulf of Montijo. It shares the peninsula with Los Santos and Herrera Province, separated by a crest of low mountains, the Macizo de Azuero. The highest peak is Cerro Hoya (1,559 m) in the far south.
Punta Mariato at the southern tip of the district also holds the title as the southernmost point of North America.
Mariato is thinly populated with only 5,847 residents (2010) dispersed over 149 settlements. The district seat, Llano del Catival, is the largest population center with 2,490 people, accounting for 43% of the entire district.
Administrative subdivisions
Mariato, as in other Panamanian districts, is subdivided into units called corregimientos. For Mariato there are five corregimientos: Tebario, Llano de Catival, Quebro, Arenas, and Cacao.