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Chagres Highlands
Chagres National Park is a nature park and protected area created in 1986 located in the Panamá Province, Panamá and Colón Province, Colón provinces, in the Eastern sector of the Panama Canal with a total surface area of . The park extends across the Chagres Highlands, a group of low mountains drained by the headwaters of the Chagres River. The southern portion of the highlands is known as the Serranía Piedras-Pacora, and forms a portion of the Continental Divide of the Americas.Charles W. Myers, Roberto Ibáñez D., Taran Grant, César A. Jaramillo "Discovery of the Frog Genus Anomaloglossus in Panama, with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Chagres Highlands (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae)," American Museum Novitates, 2012(3763), 1-19, (21 November 2012) The park adjoins Portobelo National Park on the northwest, and Narganá Wilderness Area on the east. Environment The park contains Isthmian–Atlantic moist forests, tropical rain forests and a set of rivers which pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panamá Province
Panamá is a province of Panama. It is the location of the national capital Panama City, which also serves as the provincial capital. The governor of the province is Mayín Correa, appointed by President José Raul Mulino. Administrative divisions Panamá Province is now divided into 6 districts () and subdivided into 55 corregimientos. The five former districts west of the Panama Canal were split off to form Panamá Oeste Province Panamá Oeste (; ) is the newest province in Panama. It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pa ... on 1 January 2014. 1 These ''corregimientos'' represent as Panama City 2 These ''corregimientos'' represent as San Miguelito City References {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama Province Provinces of Panama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |