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The San Blas Islands of Panama is an archipelago comprising approximately 365 islands and cays, of which 49 are inhabited. [1] They lie off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama, east of the Panama Canal. [2] A part of the comarca (district) Guna Yala along the Caribbean coast of Panama, it is home to the Kuna people.
Map of Panama. This is a list of islands of Panama. [1] Caribbean Sea. Bocas del Toro Archipelago. Isla Bastimentos; ... San Blas Islands. Corazón de Jesús;
The principal islands are those of the Archipiélago de las Perlas in the middle of the Gulf of Panama, the penal colony on the Isla de Coiba in the Golfo de Chiriquí, and the decorative island of Taboga, a tourist attraction that can be seen from Panama City. In all, there are some 1,000 islands off the Pacific coast. The Pacific coastal ...
Cartí Sugtupu, also spelled Gardi Sugdub, [1] is an island in the San Blas Archipelago in the Guna Yala province of Panama.It is the southernmost and largest of four populated Carti Islands (the others are Cartí Tupile in the north, Carti Yandup in the west, and Carti Muladub in the east), [2] and lies 1200 meters off the northern coast of mainland Panama.
Guna Yala in Kuna means "Land Guna" or "Guna Mountain". The area was formerly known as San Blas, and later as Kuna Yala, but the name was changed in October 2011 to "Guna Yala" when the Government of Panama recognized the claim of the people that "Guna" was a closer representation of the name.
The more than 350 San Blas Islands near Colombia, are strung out over more than 160 kilometres (99 miles) along the sheltered Caribbean coastline. Colón Harbor , 2000 The terminal ports located at each end of the Panama Canal, namely the Port of Cristóbal , Colón, and the Port of Balboa , are ranked second and third respectively in Latin ...
There are also communities of Guna people in Panama City, Colón, and other cities. Most Guna live on small islands off the coast of the comarca of Guna Yala known as the San Blas Islands. The other two Guna comarcas in Panama are Kuna de Madugandí and Kuna de Wargandí. They are Guna-speaking people who once occupied the central region of ...
"Aeronautical Map of Panama" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. (1.59 MiB) "ICAO Location Indicators by State" . International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. "UN Location Codes: Panama] [includes IATA codes". UN/LOCODE 2006-2. UNECE. 2007-04-30. Lists of airports in Panama: Great Circle Mapper; FallingRain.com