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Cerro Picacho (Chiriquí)
Cerro Picacho is a mountain located in the Cordillera Central, in the northern Chiriquí Province of Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and .... It has a height of 2874 meters and is the fourth highest mountain in the country. References {{reflist Picacho North American 2000 m summits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí () is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km2, with a population of 471,071 as of the year 2023. The province of Chiriquí is bordered to the north by the province of Bocas del Toro, to the west by Costa Rica, to the east by the province of Veraguas, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean, specifically the Gulf of Chiriquí. History Until the arrival of the Spanish ''conquistadores'', Chiriquí was populated by a number of indigenous tribes, known collectively as the Guaymí people. The first European to visit and describe Chiriquí was Gaspar de Espinosa, in 1519. The province was officially established on 26 May 1849, when Panama was still part of Colombia. Several years later, President Abraham Lincoln of the United States proposed Chiriquí as a favored location for Linconia, a colony for free bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over million inhabitants. Before the arrival of Spanish Empire, Spanish colonists in the 16th century, Panama was inhabited by a number of different Indigenous peoples of Panama, indigenous tribes. It Independence Act of Panama, broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Viceroyalty of New Granada, Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblioteca Nacional De Panamá
The Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá (in English language, English: ''National Library of Panama''), in Panama City, is the legal deposit and copyright library for Panama. The library opened its doors on July 11, 1942, in a room located between 5th and 6th streets, adjacent to the presidency. In January 1961, the venue was moved to a building which had previously served as the Ricardo H. Newman College. On September 24, 1987, the library moved to Memorial Park Omar Torrijos, on Avenida Belisario Porras. Library directors *Ernesto J. Castillero R. 1942–1945 *Galileo Patiño 1945–1953 *Pereira Bonifacio 1953–1957 *Ana Maria Jaen 1957–1966 *Galileo Patiño 1966–1968 *Angela Alvarado 1968–1969 *Carmen Cecilia Lasso 1969–1971 *Raquel P. Zuniga 1971–1975 *Algis E. Borrero 1976–1978 *Ferguson Anays 1978–1980 *Algis E. Borrero 1980–1986 *Ferguson Anays 1986–1987 *Algis E. Borrero 1987–1988 *Algeria S. Pimentel 1988–1992 *Gloria Rodriguez de Robles 1993–1994 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
