Puerto Piña is a

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Chepigana District Chepigana District () is a district (''distrito'') of Darién Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 27,461, and had risen to 30,110 in the 2010 census, prior to the creation of Santa Fe District. Since the separation ...

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with a population of 1,113 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 558; its population as of 2000 was 813. The town is served by Bahía Piña Airport, which has

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flights to

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. This small coastal community is located near the border with Colombia. It is the home for a tourism consortium named "Tropi" by the locals, which forms the only business of the village. The remainder of the economy consists of fishing and subsistence farming. The small town lies beside the Bahía Piña, a narrow bay between two promontories that is frequented by humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins.

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Corregimientos of Darién Province Populated places in Darién Province Road-inaccessible communities of Panama {{Darién-geo-stub