El Cristo is a town and corregimiento in Aguadulce District, Coclé Province, Panama. It has a land area of 113 square kilometres (44 sq mi) and a population of 4,017 as of 2010, giving it a population density of 35.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (92/sq mi).^[1] Its population as of 1990 was 3,393; its population as of 2000 was 3,852.^[1]

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El Cristo
Town and corregimiento
El Cristo
Coordinates: 8°15′0″N 80°37′12″W
Country	Panama
Province	Coclé
District	Aguadulce
Area [1]
• Land	113 km2 (44 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	4,017
• Density	35.5/km2 (92/sq mi)
	Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)

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El Cristo is one of the oldest towns in the region. In pre-Columbian times it was inhabited by an aboriginal community for a period of several centuries. According to studies by the archaeologist Cook, this community is similar to the pre-Columbian site of the Sierra at the edge of Santa Maria. The history of El Cristo goes back to the founding of Nata, by which time El Cristo was a cattle farm of the Spanish. The town is home to a Christmas tree, renowned for being the highest in Central America.^{[citation needed]}