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Popa Island
Popa Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Popa'') is the second largest island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama, with .St. Louis, Regis & Scott Doggett (2004)''Lonely Planet Panama'' Lonely Planet Publications, p. 227, Environment The island is part of the Bocas del Toro Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of white-crowned pigeons and three-wattled bellbird The three-wattled bellbird (''Procnias tricarunculatus'') is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family. The sexes are very dissimilar in appearance. The male has a white head and throat and the remaining plumage is chestnut brown. ...s. See also * List of islands of Panama References Caribbean islands of Panama Important Bird Areas of Panama Important Bird Areas of the Caribbean {{BocasdelToro-geo-stub ...
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Bocas Del Toro Archipelago
The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the north-west of Panama. Geography 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 area is which is about 60% of the district's area, and the population about 13,000, which is 75% of the district's population. The major city is Bocas del Toro, also called Bocas Town, on Isla Colón. Access 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. Environment The major islands of the archipelago, Colón, Bastimentos, Cristóbal, Popa, Solarte, and Cayo Ag ...
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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 ...
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Provinces Of Panama
Panama is divided into ten provinces () and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: ''comarcas indígenas'', often shortened to ''comarcas''). The most recently established province is Panamá Oeste Province on 1 January 2014, and the most recently established indigenous region is Naso Tjër Di Comarca on 4 December 2020. There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a ''corregimiento'' (municipality). Indigenous regions (''comarcas indígenas'') Provincial level Corregimiento-level See also * ISO 3166-2:PA * List of provinces and indigenous regions of Panama by Human Development Index References

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Bocas Del Toro Province
Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouths of the Bull") is a Provinces of Panama, province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante Bay), Chiriquí Lagoon, and adjacent mainland. The capital is the city of Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Toro (or Bocas Town) on Isla Colón (Colón Island). Other major cities or towns include Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Almirante and Changuinola. The province has a population of 159,228 as of 2023. Christopher Columbus and his crew Fourth voyage of Columbus, first visited the area in 1502. Bocas del Toro borders the Caribbean Sea to the north, Limón Province of Costa Rica and the Naso Tjër Di Comarca to the west, Chiriquí Province to the south, and Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca to the east. The Río Sixaola forms part of the Costa Rica–Panama border, border with Costa Rica. A newly constructed bridge spans the river ...
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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 In Panama, a corregimiento is a subdivision of a Districts of Panama, district, which in turn is a subdivision of a Provinces of Panama, province. It is the smallest administrative division level in the country; which is further subdivided into .... More than 50% of the country's population resides in the districts of Panama, San Miguelito, Arraijan, Chorrera, and Colon. List References Subdivisions of Panama Panama, Districts Panama 2 Districts, Panama Panama geography-related lists {{Panama-geo-stub ...
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Bocas Del Toro District
Bocas del Toro is a district (''distrito'') of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The population according to the 2012 census was 16,815; the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 21,396.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. The district covers a total area of 433.2 km². The capital lies at the town of Bocas del Toro. Major industries include tourism and agriculture. Administrative divisions Bocas del Toro District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': * Bocas del Toro * Bastimentos * Cauchero * Punta Laurel Punta Laurel is a town and corregimiento in Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. ... * Tierra Oscura Table of Islands Climate Bocas del Toro is a coastal location with a tropical climate. The area does not have a predictable dry season. The driest ti ...
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Spanish Language
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, global language with 483 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 558 million speakers total, including second-language speakers. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries, as well as one of the Official languages of the United Nations, six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language ...
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Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International. There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from the surrounding habitat. In the United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society. Often IBAs form part of a country's existing protected area network, and so are protected under national legislation. Legal recognition and protection of IBAs that are not within existing protected areas varies within different countries. Some countries have a National IBA Conservation Strategy, whereas in others protection is completely lacking. History In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community, Birdlife International dr ...
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BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide. It has a membership of more than 2.5 million people across List of BirdLife International national partner organisations, 116 country partner organizations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, the National Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy. BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird Area, Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature's IUCN Red List, Red List authority for birds. BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of the total) are threatened with extinc ...
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White-crowned Pigeon
The white-crowned pigeon (''Patagioenas leucocephala'') is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean. John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, ''Birds of America (book), Birds of America'', published in the early 19th century. Taxonomy In the first half of the 18th century the white-crowned pigeon was described and illustrated by several naturalists including John Ray in 1713, Hans Sloane in 1725 and Mark Catesby in 1731. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his ''Systema Naturae'' for the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, tenth edition, he placed the white-crowned pigeon with all the other pigeons in the genus ''Columba (genus), Columba''. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name ''Columba leucocephala'' and cited the earlier authors. The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ''leukos'' meaning "white" a ...
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Three-wattled Bellbird
The three-wattled bellbird (''Procnias tricarunculatus'') is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family. The sexes are very dissimilar in appearance. The male has a white head and throat and the remaining plumage is chestnut brown. From the base of his beak dangle three long, slender, black wattles that he uses in display. The female has olive plumage with yellowish streaked underparts and a yellow vent area. The three-wattled bellbird breeds in mountainous regions of Costa Rica and migrates to western Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The male bird has a loud, distinctive, bell-like call, and as these birds are secretive and shy, they are more often heard than seen. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed their conservation status as " vulnerable". Description One of four species of bellbird that live in Central and South America, the three-wattled bellbird is between and long. The body, tail, and wings of the male are uniformly chestnut- ...
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List Of Islands Of Panama
This is a list of islands of Panama. Caribbean Sea *Bocas del Toro Archipelago **Bastimentos, Isla Bastimentos **Cayos Zapatilla **Isla Carenero **Isla Cayo Agua **Isla Colon **Isla Cristóbal **Isla Popa **Isla Solarte *Isla Escudo de Veraguas *Galeta Island, Panama, Galeta Island *Isla Cabra *Isla Mamey *Isla Grande *San Blas Islands **Corazón de Jesús (island), 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 * Jicarita * Jicarón * Coiba * Cébaco * Islas Frailes * Isla Gobernadora * Isla Leones *Taborcillo * Isla Verde (Panama), Isla Verde *Gulf of Panama Islands ** Farallon (Panama), Farallon (Cliff) ** Isla Iguana Wildlife Refuge, Isla Iguana - Pedasi - Azuero **Panama Bay Islands (Panama Bay is part of the Gulf of Panama) ***Causeway Islands ***Otoque ***Taboga Island, Taboga ***Taboguilla **Pearl Islands, A ...
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