Demography

The Darien population is mostly comprised of indigenous, black and settlers who migrated from other provinces (mainly Chiriqui, Los Santos, and veragüenses herreranos) in search of good land and better opportunities.
The musical expression that distinguishes the people is the bullarengue Darien, a drum dance purely African descent. However, each of the groups who have migrated to this province struggling to keep their roots and maintain their customs and traditions, despite the strong pressure exerted by the Colombian migrants and radio media in this country, tend to favor the taste of Darien by folklore border of Colombia, especially for the Vallenato.

Despite the hodgepodge of groups can be seen in Darien identifying incipient people (men and women) with their land and an emerging interest in adopting their regionalisms to speak, make dishes of the region.
It is common for food preparation as the bastard of shellfish, fish and coconut rice; also serendengue among others. It is a kind of traditional drink made with banana cooked, is here called "choca'o".
It is normal to use completely hand sewn dresses in women while the man is dressed like a man of the city.
We note that the main crops grown in the county are corn, rice, plantain, banana, cassava, yams and beans.

Another item is the wood, and precious woods that are extracted (Cedar, Balsa, Balsam, Fox, Mahogany, Cocobolo, etc..).