Santiago de Veraguas

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City
Cathedral in Santiago de Veraguas
Nickname:  "The Green City"
Santiago de Veraguas
Coordinates: 8°06′21″N 80°58′16″W / 8.10583°N 80.97111°W / 8.10583; -80.97111
Country	Panama
Province	Veraguas
Founded	July 25th, 1621
Government
• Mayor	Samid Dan Sandoval
Area
• Total	975 km2 (376 sq mi)
Elevation	101 m (331 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	88,997
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ETZ)
Climate	Am
Website	santiago.municipios.gob.pa

Santiago de Veraguas (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtja.ɣo ðe βeˈɾa.ɣwas]) is the capital of the province of Veraguas, in the Republic of Panama, and the district or municipality of the same name. Located in the countryside next to the Pan American Highway. Bounded on the north by San Francisco District, south by the District of Montijo, east by the District of Atalaya and west by the District of La Mesa. It has a population of approximately 60,000 inhabitants according to the data of the last census carried out in the Republic of Panama (2014).^[1]