Omar Torrijos Herrera is a district in the Panamanian province of Colón, located approximately 115 kilometres (71 mi) west of Panama City.

Omar Torrijos Herrera is located in the western part of Colón Province on the Atlantic side of the Panamanian cordillera.

[9] In the 2010 Census of Panama, the former corregimiento of San José del General (contiguous with the current Omar Torrijos Herrera District) recorded a population of 2248 inhabitants living in 380 households.

[4] Near the mining concessions are several communities inhabited by the indigenous Ngäbe people,[4] who began moving into the area in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[13] Adjacent to it is the copper-producing Cobre Panamá mine, which was the largest single private sector investment in Panama's history[14] and began operations in 2019.