The city of David is on the coastal plain. It is a market town and center  for the thriving agriculture and cattle industry which has been the mainstay of the province. It is not quite a frontier town, but the feeling is there.

Here in central park people come to visit or just relax under the shade trees. Street  vendors along one side will shine your shoes or sell you something cold to drink like fresh cracked coconut juice or the juice from sugar cane ground on the spot.

The main highway from the border to David is a 4 lane road. This in itself will turn David into a growing commercial center and a principle distribution area to the rest of Panama from the other Central American countries in the future. The truck traffic  will more efficiently travel to and through the border at Costa Rica. From David to Santiago there are still some problems, but has been improved dramatically. The new Martinelli government has plans to repair the last of the problems.They have also begun the widening of the road from David to Boquete.

In March David hosts the Feria International de David, where International companies arrive for a week long stay to promote their products and services to Panama. Another yearly festival is the "Childrens Day Festival" which concluded on the 17th of July. New construction is evident in the city center. There is a new hotel named City Hotel of David in front of Plaza Oteima. More houses are being built in the new upscale neighborhood of  "Las Perlas" on the road to Boquete as well.