Veracruz is a corregimiento (administrative subdivision) located in Arraiján District within Panamá Oeste Province, Panama. As a corregimiento, it represents a smaller administrative division within the district structure of Panama's local government organization.
According to census data, Veracruz experienced significant population growth over two decades. The corregimiento had 8,224 residents in 1990, which increased to 16,748 by 2000, and further grew to 18,589 by 2010. This pattern of steady expansion reflects broader development trends in the Panamá Oeste Province region during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.