Parita is a town and corregimiento in Parita District, Herrera Province, Panama with a population of 3,723 as of 2010. It is the seat of Parita District. It was founded in 1556.Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1432 Its population as of 1990 was 3,257; its population as of 2000 was 3,616.
History Before the Spanish conquest, this town was the capital of the Kingdom of Parita.
References
External links The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Parita