Chiriquí

Chiriquí, an administrative division of the department of Panama, Colombia, adjoining Costa Rica. Area, 6500 sq. m.; pop. 43,000. It is well wooded, and has rich pasturage, especially on the Atlantic coast, where the climate is very moist. The Cordilleras that occupy the interior reach their highest point in the volcano of Chiriquí (11,265 feet). Chief town, David.—On the north coast is a spacious lagoon of the same name, with a depth of water for the largest ships, which receives an unimportant Rio Chiriquí.