Nanda Kommineni is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Coclé Province

Coclé Province

Coclé is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast. The capital is the city of Penonomé. This province was created by the Act of September 12, 1855 with the title of Department of Coclé during the presidency of Dr. Justo de Arosemena. It became a province, Decretory Number 190,...

 of Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

, one of the oldest towns in the region. First, 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

Santa María District, Panama

Santa María District is a district of Herrera Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 6,992. The district covers a total area of 158 km²...

. Later, in colonial times, the history of El Cristo goes back to the founding of Nata

Nata, Coclé

Natá is a small city on the Pan-American Highway in the Coclé province of Panama. The population is about 6,000 residents. The small town has a primary school, high school, bank, post office, and pharmacy....

, by which time El Cristo was a cattle farm of the Spanish. The town possesses a Christmas Tree, renowned for being the highest in Central America.

Sources

• World Gazeteer: Panama – World-Gazetteer.com