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El Real de Santa María is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,183 as of 2010. It is the seat of Pinogana District. Its population as of 1990 was 1,201; its population as of 2000 was 1,185. The town of El Real is on the Pirre River, a small tributary of the Tuira River. It is by boat to the town of Yaviza, the terminus of the Pan American Highway. The town was founded by the Spanish as a fort in 1665 to protect their gold mining interests in th…