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Tuira River
The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma, Panama, La Palma. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tributaries, the Chucunaque River, is the longest river in Panama. The river starts in highlands of Darien, and runs south/southeast, and then north and west. It runs past villages as it flows downstream including Matuganti, Sobiaquirú, El Balsal, Boca de Cupe, Capetí, Yape, Aruza, Unión Chocó, Vista Alegre, Darién, Vista Alegre, and Pinogana.(30 April 2008)Panama: Weary repatriation Relief Web It meets the Chucunaque River at El Real de Santa María and then flows northwest towards La Palma, Panama, La Palma.Tuira River Britannica.com, Retrieved 30 November 2022 Via the Chucunaque, one can reac ... [...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] |
Capetí
Capetí is a town in the Darién 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 .... Sources World Gazeteer: Panama– World-Gazetteer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Capeti Populated places in Comarca Emberá-Wounaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Púcuro
Púcuro is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, 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 ... with a population of 356 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 358; its population as of 2000 was 295. It lies along the Púcuro river, which is a tributary of the Tuira. The Geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America GSA Bulletin (2004) 116 (11-12): 1327–1344 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paya, Darién
Paya is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 639 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 336; its population as of 2000 was 565. It lies on the Paya River, a tributary of the Tuira River, and close to the Colombia–Panama border.Yeadon, David (16 August 1992)Panama GAp: Into the Heart of the Darien, By Boat and On Foot ''The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...'' References Corregimientos of Darién Province {{Darién-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway is a vast network of roads that stretches about 30,000 kilometers (about 19,000 miles) from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the northernmost part of North America to Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southern tip of South America. It is recognized as the longest road in the world. The highway connects 14 countries, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. No road in the U.S. or Canada is officially designated as part of the Pan-American Highway, which officially begins at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nuevo Laredo and runs south. The highway is interrupted at the Darién Gap, a dense rainforest area between Panama and Colombia. No road traverses the Gap, and no car ferries have operated in the area for decades; drivers often opt to send their car by cargo ship from one country to the other. Concept of the highway The highway was built in stages. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaviza
Yaviza is a town and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,441 as of 2010. Location The town marks the southeastern end of the northern half of the Pan-American Highway, at the north end of the Darién Gap.Leonard, Thomas MHistorical Dictionary of Panama p. xxxv (2015) It lies on the Chucunaque River, a major tributary of the Tuira River, along which travel by boat into the Darién Gap occurs. The nearest town on the river route is El Real de Santa María, which is the capital of Pinogana District. Demographics The population of Yaviza as of 1990 was 8,452, falling to 3,317 as recorded in the year 2000, and rising to 4,441 as of 2010. History The town was founded by Spanish missionaries as San Jerónimo de Yaviza in September 1638.Rutkow, EricThe Longest Line on the Map p. 322 (2019) A Spanish fort (Fuerte de San Geronimo de Yaviza) was built in 1760, and heavily damaged by an attack of the Indigenous Guna in 1780. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Real De Santa María
El Real de Santa María is a Corregimientos of Panama, corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,183 as of 2010. It is the seat of Pinogana District. Its population as of 1990 was 1,201; its population as of 2000 was 1,185. The town of El Real is on the Pirre River, a small tributary of the Tuira River. It is by boat to the town of Yaviza, the terminus of the Pan American Highway. The town was founded by the Spanish as a fort in 1665 to protect their gold mining interests in the area.The history of mining and mineral exploration in Panama: From Pre-Columbian gold mining to modern copper mining Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, vol. 72, no. 3, 00012, 2020 (" The deposits were f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinogana
Pinogana is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 405 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 489; its population as of 2000 was 356. It is located along the Tuira River The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma, Panama, La Palma. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tribu ....(30 April 2008)Panama: Weary repatriation Relief Web References Corregimientos of Darién Province {{Darién-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Alegre, Darién
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Unión Chocó
Unión Chocó () is a town in the Panamanian indigenous territory ('' comarca indígena'') of Emberá. It is located in, and is the capital of, Cémaco District Cémaco District is a district (''distrito'') of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan in Panama. The capital is Unión Chocó. The area of this ''district'' is 3097.5 sq. kilometers. It is on the eastern part of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan. The other side of .... Omar Torrijos designated the land for the village in 1969, and the first houses were built in 1970.Torrijos, Omar (13 July 2020)Union Choco y su relacion con Omar Torrijos y Colombia '' La Estrella de Panamá'' (in Spanish) References Populated places in Darién Province {{Darién-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yape
Yape is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 187 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 229; its population as of 2000 was 159. It is located along the Tuira River The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma, Panama, La Palma. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tribu ..., and not served by any paved roads.(30 April 2008)Panama: Weary repatriation Relief Web References Corregimientos of Darién Province Road-inaccessible communities of Panama {{Darién-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca De Cupe
Boca de Cupé is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,167 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 901; its population as of 2000 was 902. The town is not served by any paved roads, with the Pan-American Highway to the north ending at Yaviza. It is reachable by boat up the Tuira River The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma, Panama, La Palma. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tribu .... Civilians are not permitted to travel further east towards Colombia.Moon Central America (2016) ("Travel up the Rio Tuira beyond Boca de Cupe is considered dangerous and has been off-limits for several years. Boca de Cupe itself has a border-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
