La Pasera

About La Pasera:

La Pasera covers 20.6 square kilometres of Guararé district, on the inland side of the main road that joins Guararé town with Las Tablas. Guararé’s plaza is about three and a half kilometres away and the centre of Las Tablas about five, while El Montero, the corregimiento’s second village, sits barely three kilometres northwest of the provincial capital. A local road runs from Guararé through La Pasera and on toward Perales and Las Trancas. The public works ministry began rehabilitating it in 2021, and fresh work on the La Pasera road was under way in 2026. Two buses run the corregimiento’s own route to Las Tablas, and the bus from Botoncillo passes through on its way into town.

The population has gone down and come back up. La Pasera had 1,007 residents in 1990, fell to 780 by 2000, climbed back to 897 in 2010 and reached 1,245 in 2023, an increase of almost forty percent in thirteen years. Children start school at the Escuela de La Pasera, and the Junta Comunal runs an Infoplaza with computers and internet for residents. For banks, supermarkets, secondary school and medical appointments, people go to Las Tablas. It is close enough that the trip is part of an ordinary day rather than an outing.

The ground is low and flat, around 45 metres above sea level, part of the Azuero plain that Guararé’s farmers have worked with machinery since the 1960s. Maize, industrial tomato, watermelon, melon and onion are grown across the district. That flatness is what draws builders to La Pasera: lots need little earthwork, and large parcels can be laid out in straight rows. It also means rainwater drains slowly, so walk a plot in the wettest weeks of the rainy season and see where water stands before you decide where the house goes.

On 3 May La Pasera celebrates the Santa Cruz, a feast that is as much about the farm year as about the church, with mass, tamborito and a velorio de la cruz, the night vigil held before a decorated cross. In September the whole district fills for the Festival Nacional de la Mejorana in Guararé town, a short drive up the road. The rest of the year is quiet and residential. The new homes are aimed at families who want a first house close to Las Tablas and at Panamanians from the capital looking for a place in the interior, while the large flat parcels interest farmers and developers.

Houses in La Pasera:

The older housing is family homes on their own solares, strung along the roads through La Pasera and El Montero. Across Guararé district about six in ten houses are built of concrete, and that is the norm here too. What a house outside town usually gives you is a bigger yard than the same money buys in Las Tablas, and that is the reason most people look at homes for sale near Las Tablas in a corregimiento like this one. Before you make an offer, ask where the water comes from and whether the house drains to a sewer line or a septic tank.

New developments in La Pasera:

New construction is concentrated at Residencial El Montero, on the El Montero side of the corregimiento, between Guararé and Las Tablas. It sells finished houses on lots of 190 square metres. The Cerezo model has two bedrooms, one bathroom, a living-dining room, a covered carport and a covered laundry; the Ciprés model adds a second bathroom. Prices sit at the entry level for the Las Tablas area, which is why the project appeals to first-time buyers. From Las Tablas, take the main road toward Guararé and turn off after the third bridge.

Land and Lots in La Pasera:

Land comes in two sizes. Smaller lots for a single house turn up near the villages, where power and water are already on the street. Further out, titled blocks of nine hectares and more, flat from one boundary to the other, are offered as farmland or as ground for a future subdivision. Being this close to Las Tablas is what sets the price of land for sale in Guararé at this end of the district. Compare parcels on the things that cost money later: road frontage, distance to the nearest power line and how the ground drains.

FAQ:

• Where is La Pasera, and how far is it from Las Tablas?

  La Pasera lies between Guararé town and Las Tablas, west of the main road that links them. The centre of Las Tablas is about five kilometres away, and the El Montero side of the corregimiento is closer still. Guararé’s plaza is about three and a half kilometres from La Pasera village.

• Is the road paved, and is there public transport?

  The road from Guararé through La Pasera toward Perales and Las Trancas was rehabilitated from 2021, and new work on the La Pasera road was carried out in 2026. Two buses run between the corregimiento and Las Tablas, and the Botoncillo bus also passes through. Side streets and farm tracks vary, so drive the exact route to any parcel you are considering.

• What should I check before buying a new house at El Montero?

  Confirm that your lot will be segregated and registered in your own name, and ask when that happens relative to delivery. Check that the water and sewer connections for your street are finished and accepted, not just planned. Read the promise of sale for the delivery date and what happens if it slips, and ask the developer which banks already lend on the project.

• What should I check before buying a large parcel in La Pasera?

  Some land around La Pasera reached its owners through state adjudication rather than as an old registered finca, so start with the paper trail. Ask for the finca number and the approved survey plan, confirm in the property registry that the seller is the registered owner, and make sure the plan does not overlap a neighbouring finca. On flat ground fences often stand in for boundaries, so have a surveyor find the actual markers before you sign.

• When are the fiestas in La Pasera?

  The village celebrates the Santa Cruz on 3 May, with mass, tamborito and a velorio de la cruz. In late September the Festival Nacional de la Mejorana takes over Guararé town, a few kilometres away, and the whole district fills with visitors. Both are good times to see the community at its liveliest before you buy.