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The Tuira River is located in the

Darién Province Darién (, ; ) is a Provinces of Panama, province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma, Darién, La Palma. With an area of , it is located at the eastern end of the country and bordered to the north by the province of Panamá Province, Panam ...

of eastern

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 flows into the

Bay of San Miguel The Bay of San Miguel or Gulf of San Miguel () is a bay of the Gulf of Panama, located on the Pacific coast of Darién Province in eastern Panama. The bay is located at . The bay is the drainage of the Geography of Panama#Chucunaque-Tuira Basi ...

at the province capital of

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. 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 Matugantí is an Embera village in Darién Province, Panama. Far from any roads, it is located along the upper reaches of the Tuira River, close to the Colombia–Panama border The Colombia–Panama border is the international boundary betw ...

Sobiaquirú Sobiaquirú ("Good Heart" in the local Emberá dialect)Bethancourt, Grisel (21 April 2007)Desamparo que mata ''Panamá América'' is an Embera village in Darién Province, Panama. It is located along the Tuira River upstream of the village of B ...

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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 P ...

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, Colomb ...

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 loca ...

, Aruza,

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 Pana ...

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, and

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 i ...

.(30 April 2008)
Panama: Weary repatriation
Relief Web It meets the Chucunaque River at

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 ...

and then flows northwest towards

.Tuira River
Britannica.com, Retrieved 30 November 2022 Via the Chucunaque, one can reach

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 D ...

, which is the terminus of the northern end of the

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. The Paya River joins the river downstream of

, via which the village of

Paya Paya may refer to: Places * Paya, Boyacá, a municipality in the department of Boyacá, Colombia * Paya, Dominican Republic, a municipal district of the Baní municipality * Paya, India, a town in Arunachal Pradesh state of India * Paya Jaras, ...

can be reached. The Púcuro River joins downstream of the Paya, via which the village of

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 R ...

can be reached. 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

Rivers of Panama Landforms of Darién Province {{Darién-geo-stub