El Cocal, also known as Cacal, is a corregimiento located in the Las Tablas District of the Los Santos Province in Panama. It serves as a local administrative division within the country's interior.
The population of El Cocal has shown steady growth over recent decades. According to census data, the population was 1,239 in 1990, increasing to 1,486 by the year 2000, and reaching 1,889 as of 2010.