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Bocas Del Toro Archipelago
The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the northwest of Panama. The archipelago separates Almirante Bay and Chiriquí Lagoon from the open Caribbean Sea. The archipelago is part of the Bocas del Toro District which is part of Bocas del Toro Province. The major city is Bocas del Toro, also called Bocas Town, on Isla Colón. The islands are accessible by water taxis and private boats. Isla Colón is accessible by airplanes, ferries, private boats, and water taxis. Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport, located just west of Bocas Town, provides air transportation to and from the islands. Ferries serve Bocas Town from Almirante, Changuinola, and Chiriquí Grande. Geography The area of the archipelago is which is about 60% of the districts area, and the population about 13000, which is 75% of the district's population. Islands Islands in the Archipelago include: * Cayos Zapatilla * Isla Bastimentos * Isla Carenero (aka: Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Popa
Popa Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Popa'') is the second largest island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ..., with .St. Louis, Regis & Scott Doggett (2004)''Lonely Planet Panama'' Lonely Planet Publications, p. 227, See also * List of islands of Panama References Caribbean islands of Panama {{BocasdelToro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Solarte
Solarte Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Solarte''), also known as Nancy's Cay, (in Spanish: ''Cayo Nancy'') is an 8 km2 island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The two hundred Ngöbe Buglé fishing community lives on the island without electricity or telephone system, capturing water from a well.Woods, Sarah (2009)''Bradt Panama'' Bradt Travel Guides p. 284-5, A medical facility, later known as Hospital Point (in Spanish: ''Punta Hospital''), was built upon a hill on the western end of the island by the United Fruit Company The United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe. The company was formed in 1899 fr ... for treatment of patients with yellow fever and malaria in 1899Butterman, Miriam (2010)''Moon Living Abroad in Panama'' Avalon Travel Publishing, p. 334, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Carenero
Carenero Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Carenero'') is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... The name of the island comes from the nautical term ''careening'', which means to lean a ship on its side for repairing or scraping its hull. There are no roads on the island.Woods, Sarah (2005)''Panama: The Bradt Travel Guide'' Bradt Travel Guides, p. 261, See also * List of islands of Panama References Caribbean islands of Panama {{BocasdelToro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Panama
The provinces of Panama and some of the comarcas are divided into districts (''distrito''). The district are further divided into corregimientos of Panama Bocas del Toro Province * Bocas del Toro District * Changuinola District * Chiriquí Grande District * Almirante District Chiriquí Province * Alanje District * Barú District * Boquerón District * Boquete District * Bugaba District * David District * Dolega District * Gualaca District * Remedios District. * Renacimiento District * San Félix District * San Lorenzo District * Tolé District * Tierras Altas District Coclé Province * Aguadulce District * Antón District * La Pintada District * Natá District * Olá District * Penonomé District Colón Province * Colón District * Chagres District * Donoso District * Portobelo District * Santa Isabel District * Omar Torrijos Herrera District Darién Province * Chepigana District * Pinogana District * Santa Fe District Herrera Province * Chitré Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of Earth, the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North America, North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8th paralle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Panama
This is a list of islands of Panama. Caribbean Sea *Bocas del Toro Archipelago ** Isla Bastimentos ** Cayos Zapatilla **Isla Carenero ** Isla Cayo Agua **Isla Colon ** Isla Cristóbal **Isla Popa **Isla Solarte * Isla Escudo de Veraguas * Galeta Island *Isla Cabra *Isla Mamey *Isla Grande *San Blas Islands ** Corazón de Jesús **Narganá ** Soledad Miria Pacific Ocean * Gulf of Chiriqui Islands **Isla Boca Brava Isla Boca Chica** Isla Parida ** Isla Palenque ** Isla Sevilla ** Islas Secas * Cayo de Agua * Isla Montuosa * Jicarón * Coiba * Cébaco * Islas Frailes * Isla Gobernadora * Isla Leones * Taborcillo * Isla Verde *Gulf of Panama Islands ** Farallon (Cliff) ** Isla Iguana - Pedasi - Azuero **Panama Bay Islands (Panama Bay is part of the Gulf of Panama) ***Causeway Islands ***Otoque *** Taboga *** Taboguilla ** Archipelago Las Perlas (or Pearl Islands) ***Isla Bolano ***Isla Bayoneta ***Isla de Boyarena ***Isla Buena Vista ***Isla Cañas ***Isla Casaya ***Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Laurel
Punta Laurel is a town and corregimiento in Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... It has a land area of and had a population of 1,730 as of 2010, giving it a population density of . Its population as of 1990 was 692; its population as of 2000 was 966. References Populated places in Bocas del Toro Province Corregimientos of Bocas del Toro Province {{BocasdelToro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Creek, Panama
Salt Creek (in Spanish: ''Quebrada Sal'') is a Ngöbe Buglé village located on the southeastern end of Bastimentos island, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Province and District of Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... The community consists of about 60 houses, an elementary school, handcrafts and general stores. The villagers depend mostly on their canoes for fishing and transportation although the village is slowly developing together with the whole archipelago.D. Firestone, Matthew & Regis St. Louis (2007)''Panama'' Lonely Planet, p. 231, References Populated places in Bocas del Toro Province {{BocasdelToro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Bank
Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States People *Old (surname) Music *OLD (band), a grindcore/industrial metal group * ''Old'' (Danny Brown album), a 2013 album by Danny Brown * ''Old'' (Starflyer 59 album), a 2003 album by Starflyer 59 * "Old" (song), a 1995 song by Machine Head *''Old LP'', a 2019 album by That Dog Other uses * ''Old'' (film), a 2021 American thriller film *''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' *Online dating *Over-Locknut Distance (or Dimension), a measurement of a bicycle wheel and frame *Old age See also *List of people known as the Old * * *Olde, a list of people with the surname *Olds (other) Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nickname for older adults * Bert Olds (1891–1953), Australian rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Amistad (Pila)
''La Amistad'' (; Spanish for ''Friendship'') was a 19th-century two- masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard colonizing Cuba. It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives, who had been captured and sold to European slave traders, and illegally transported by a Portuguese ship from West Africa to Cuba in violation of existing European treaties against the Atlantic slave trade. Two Spanish plantation owners, Don José Ruiz and Don Pedro Montes, bought 53 captives, including four children, in Havana, Cuba, and were transporting them on the ship to their plantations near Puerto Príncipe (modern Camagüey, Cuba). The revolt began after the schooner's cook jokingly told the slaves that they were to be "killed, salted, and cooked." Sengbe Pieh, a Mende man, also known as Joseph Cinqué, unshackled himself and the others on the third day and started the revolt. They took control of the ship, killing the captain and the cook. In the melee, three Africans were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playa Bluff
Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the southwestern United States Populated places United States * Playas, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in New Mexico * Playa, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico * Playa, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico * Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, a barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico * Playa, Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico * Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Cuba * Playa, Havana, one of the 15 municipalities of the City of Havana, Cuba Ecuador * Playas Canton, Ecuador ** Playas, Ecuador, the administrative center of the Playas Canton Other * The Playa, Black Rock Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Timbi
Mimi or MIMI may refer to: People * Mimi (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Constantin Mimi (1868–1935), Bessarabian politician and winemaker * Mimi (footballer, born 1996), Bissau Guinean footballer * Mohanad Ali (born 2000), Iraqi footballer commonly known as Mimi * Mariah Carey (born 1969), with the personal nickname "Mimi" used in some of her albums * Mimí (born 1962), Mexican singer Places * Mimi, Nepal, a village and municipality * Mimi, New Zealand, a locality in Taranaki, New Zealand * Mimi River (other) * Mimi Islet, part of the Bourke Isles between Australia and New Guinea * Mimi Temple, a temple in China * 1127 Mimi, an asteroid Arts and entertainment * "Mimi" (song), a popular song by Rodgers and Hart * ''Mimi'' (1935 film), a 1935 British film * ''Mimi'' (2021 Hindi film), a 2021 Indian comedy-drama film * ''Mimi'' (2021 Nigerian film), a 2021 Nigerian film * ''Un dramma borghese'' or ''Mimi'', a 1979 Italian film * ''Mimi'' (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
