Jaqué

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FieldValue
nameJaqué
settlement_typeCorregimiento
pushpin_mapPanama
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_namePanama
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Darién
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Chepigana
established_titleEstablished
area_land_km21043.9
area_footnotes
population_as_of2010
population_total2386
population_footnotes
population_density_km22.3
population_notePopulation density calculated based on land area.
timezone1EST
utc_offset1−5
coordinates
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Jaqué is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama, located 38 km west of the Panama-Colombia border. The closest neighboring settlement is Puerto Piña, that is about 8 km north.

Transportation

Jaqué is within the Darién Gap of the Pan American Highway, and no permanent roads connect it with the rest of Panama. The main means of transportations are by plane and by boat. The town is served by the Jaqué Airport.

Geography

Jaqué is on the Pacific coast next to the mouth of the Jaqué River in Darién Province. The immediate area around Jaqué is mainly low lying with mangrove swamps and tropical rain forest. Further inland are highlands with temperate broadleaf and mixed forests.

Climate

Jaqué has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The mean temperature is 26.6 C with a record high of 37 C and low of 15 C. The hottest month is March with a mean of 27.1 C, and the coolest December with an average of 26 C The two seasons are the wet season and the dry season. The wet season starts in April until December with 2736 mm of rainfall on average. The dry starts in January lasting until March. The amount of precipitation drops drastically to less than 30 mm in February and March with an average dry season total of 119.9 mm. On average there are 114 days with rain a year. Humidity is usually high at or above 80 percent year round with an average of 85.8 percent. March during the dry season being the lowest at 81.6 percent, and September during the wet season being the highest at 88.2 percent.

|metric first = Y |single line = Y |collapsed = |location = Jaqué, Darién, Panama |temperature colour = pastel |Jan record high C = 35.4 |Feb record high C = 35.5 |Mar record high C = 37.0 |Apr record high C = 35.0 |May record high C = 36.0 |Jun record high C = 33.0 |Jul record high C = 33.5 |Aug record high C = 34.0 |Sep record high C = 31.5 |Oct record high C = 33.2 |Nov record high C = 33.2 |Dec record high C = 34.0 |Jan mean C = 26.9 |Feb mean C = 26.9 |Mar mean C = 27.1 |Apr mean C = 27.0 |May mean C = 26.8 |Jun mean C = 26.5 |Jul mean C = 26.4 |Aug mean C = 26.4 |Sep mean C = 26.3 |Oct mean C = 26.1 |Nov mean C = 26.5 |Dec mean C = 26.0

|Jan record low C = 16.3 |Feb record low C = 17.5 |Mar record low C = 18.5 |Apr record low C = 19.2 |May record low C = 15.0 |Jun record low C = 18.0 |Jul record low C = 19.5 |Aug record low C = 18.9 |Sep record low C = 19.0 |Oct record low C = 19.5 |Nov record low C = 17.2 |Dec record low C = 20.0 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 66.5 |Feb rain mm = 28.7 |Mar rain mm = 24.7 |Apr rain mm = 124.2 |May rain mm = 285.0 |Jun rain mm = 320.0 |Jul rain mm = 319.3 |Aug rain mm = 281.9 |Sep rain mm = 379.4 |Oct rain mm = 490.9 |Nov rain mm = 385.2 |Dec rain mm = 150.1 | unit rain days = mm 0.1 | Jan rain days = 5 | Feb rain days = 7 | Mar rain days = 6 | Apr rain days = 9 | May rain days = 11 | Jun rain days = 9 | Jul rain days = 10 | Aug rain days = 13 | Sep rain days = 13 | Oct rain days = 13 | Nov rain days = 9 | Dec rain days = 9 | year rain days = 114 | Jan humidity =82.4 | Feb humidity =82.2 | Mar humidity =81.6 | Apr humidity =84.7 | May humidity =86.6 | Jun humidity =87.6 | Jul humidity =87.0 | Aug humidity =87.5 | Sep humidity =88.2 | Oct humidity =87.6 | Nov humidity =88.0 | Dec humidity =86.2 | year humidity =85.8 |source =Datos Climáticos Históricos (Historical Climate Data)

Demographics

Jaqué had a population of 2,386 people as of 2010; Its population as of 1990 was 1,819 people; its population as of 2000 was 2,244 people. |title = Population history(census) |type = Panama |align = left |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = true |footnote =National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama |1990|1819 |2000|2244 |2010|2386}} |title = Historical populations (estimate) |type = Panama |align = left |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = yes |cols = 2 |footnote =Comptroller of the Republic |2000|2398 |2001|2439 |2002|2476 |2003|2513 |2004|2548 |2005|2584 |2006|2621 |2007|2658 |2008|2694 |2009|2729 |2010|2762 |2011|2789 |2012|2813 |2013|2835 |2014|2857 |2015|2882}}

References

References

  1. (2010 }}{{dead link). "Resultados Finales Básicos (Basic Final Results)". [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama]].
  2. (2010). "Cuadro 11 (Table 11) Census 1990, 2000 and 2010)". National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama.
  3. [https://www.google.com/maps/@7.5509764,-78.1564553,19982m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Jaqué]
  4. "Datos Climáticos Históricos (Historical Climate Data)". Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A - ETESA (Electric Transmission Company, SA - ETESA).
  5. "EEstimaciones Y Proyecciones De La Población En La República De Panamá, Por Provincia, Comarca Indígena, Distrito Y Corregimiento, Según Sexo: Años 2000-2015". Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama.

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