Chitré was founded on October 19, 1848 as a parochial district (
distrito parroquial). The Provincial
Chamber of Panama ordered in their Article 1, inscription 4 to organize Chitre
as a Parroquial District, in the County of Los Santos, this district was to
included the towns of Chitré, Monagrillo and La Arena, separate from Los Santos
District. Chitré's founders are said to be Ventura Solís, Matías Rodríguez,
José Ríos, José María Benavidez, Ildelfonso Pérez, Blas Tello, Eugenio Barrera,
José Burgos, and Carlos Rodríguez.
When Herrera Province was
