Portobelo District

Portobelo District
Portobelo District
Location of the district capital in Panama
Coordinates: 9°33′N 79°39′W / 9.550°N 79.650°W / 9.550; -79.650
Country Panama
ProvinceColón Province
CapitalPortobelo
Area
  Total
153 sq mi (397 km2)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
10,581
  Density69/sq mi (27/km2)
 official estimate
Time zoneUTC-5 (ETZ)

The Portobelo District is one of the districts that make up the Colón Province, Panama. It covers an area of 397 km2, and the latest official estimate of population (for 2019) is 10,581. The district capital is the town of Portobelo, the Spanish roadstead on the coast of Panama which replaced the original settlement of Nombre de Dios.