Country Panama District Chepigana Time zone EST (UTC−5) | Province Darién Established July 29, 1998 Population 1,916 (2010) | |
Río Congo Arriba is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,916 as of 2010. It was created by Law 58 of July 29, 1998, owing to the Declaration of Unconstitutionality of Law 1 of 1982. Its population as of 2000 was 1,752.
Platanilla is the primary village in the Río Congo Arriba corregimiento and hosts a school, health center, community center, police station, and corregiduria. Other towns in the corregimiento also include Río Venado, Nuevo Paraíso, Río Pavo, Buena Vista, Río Bonito, and the indigenous Embera communities Tres Piedras and Monte Rico.
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