Isla de Cañas, Los Santos

Isla de Cañas
Corregimiento
Isla de Cañas is located in Panama
Isla de Cañas
Isla de Cañas
Location within Panama
Coordinates: 7°24′52″N 80°18′51″W / 7.41444°N 80.31417°W / 7.41444; -80.31417
Country Panama
ProvinceLos Santos
DistrictTonosí
EstablishedOctober 18, 2003[1]
Area
[1]
 • Land24.5 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
397
 • Density16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)
 Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

Isla de Cañas is a corregimiento in Tonosí District, Los Santos Province, Panama with a population of 397 as of 2010.[1] It was created by Law 61 of October 18, 2003.[1]

Approximately 10,000 turtles nest on its beaches each year, predominantly leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtles. On Isla Cañas, sea turtle nesting tours are offered from July to December.[2] The island's beach is special because it is one of only 11 beaches in the world where olive ridley turtles nest. Only 2 kilometers of the beach are within a protected area. If turtles lay their eggs outside this area, the eggs are transferred to a hatchery with a capacity of 140,000 eggs. The turtles take 45 days to hatch, and hatching tours are also offered from September to January.


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Turtle Night Tour in Isla Cañas - Libelulas Pedasi". Retrieved 2026-06-19.


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