Jaqué
Jaqué is a corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama, located west of the Panama-Colombia border. The closest neighboring settlement is Puerto Piña, that is about north.
Transportation
Jaqué is within the Darién Gap of the Pan American Highway, and no permanent roads connect it with the rest of Panama. The main means of transportations are by plane and by boat. The town is served by the Jaqué Airport.
Geography
Jaqué is on the Pacific coast next to the mouth of the Jaqué River in Darién Province. The immediate area around Jaqué is mainly low lying with mangrove swamps and tropical rain forest. Further inland are highlands with temperate broadleaf and mixed forests.
Climate
Jaqué has a tropical monsoon climate. The mean temperature is with a record high of and low of. The hottest month is March with a mean of, and the coolest December with an average of The two seasons are the wet season and the dry season. The wet season starts in April until December with of rainfall on average. The dry starts in January lasting until March. The amount of precipitation drops drastically to less than in February and March with an average dry season total of. On average there are 114 days with rain a year. Humidity is usually high at or above 80 percent year round with an average of 85.8 percent. March during the dry season being the lowest at 81.6 percent, and September during the wet season being the highest at 88.2 percent.
Demographics
Jaqué had a population of 2,386 people as of 2010; with an estimated population of 2,882 people in 2015. Its population as of 1990 was 1,819 people; its population as of 2000 was 2,244 people.