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PortobeloUNESCO

Heritage site · Panamá Province

Portobelo is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama. Located on the northern part of the Isthmus of Panama, it is 32 km (20 mi) northeast of the modern port of Colón now at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.

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CoibaUNESCO

Island · Veraguas Province

Coiba is the largest island in Central America, with an area of 494 km2 (191 sq mi), off the Pacific coast of the Panamanian province of Veraguas. It is part of the Montijo District of that province.

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Darién National ParkUNESCO

Park & nature · Darién Province

Darién National Park is a World Heritage Site in Panama. It is about 325 kilometers (202 mi) from Panama City, is the most extensive of all national parks of Panama, and is one of the most important World Heritage Sites in Central America.

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Casco ViejoUNESCO

Landmark · Panamá Province

Casco Antiguo, also known as Casco Viejo or San Felipe, is the historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city, Panamá Viejo in 1671, when the latter was attacked by pirates.

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Panamá ViejoUNESCO

Ruins · Panamá Province

Panamá Viejo, also known as Panamá la Vieja, is the remaining part of the original Panama City, the former capital of Panama, which was destroyed in 1671 by the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan. It is located in the suburbs of the current capital.

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Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San LorenzoUNESCO

Fuerte San Jeronimo

Fort · Colón Province

The fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo are military constructions, built by the Spanish Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries on the Caribbean coastline of Colón Province in Panama. The ruins are located on the coast of the province of Colón.

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Chagres and Fort San LorenzoUNESCO

Fuerte de San Lorenzo

Fort · Colón Province

Chagres, once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo. The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles (13 km) west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River.

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Panama City

City · Panamá Province

Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a total population of 410,354 in the city proper and 1,086,990 in the Panamá District, which includes the outer corregimientos of the city. The metropolitan area has over 2,100,000 people.

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Colón

City · Colón Province

Colón is a city and seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city.

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Gatun Lake

Lago Gatún

Lake · Colón Province

Gatun Lake is a mostly freshwater reservoir to the south of Colón, Panama. At approximately 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships 33 km (21 mi) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.

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David

City · Chiriquí Province

David, known as David City in colonial times, is a city and corregimiento in western Panama. It is the capital of the Chiriquí Province and has a population of 76,863 inhabitants as of 2023 census.

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Volcán Barú

Mountain · Chiriquí Province

The Volcán Barú is an active stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in Panama, at 3,475 metres (11,401 ft) high. It lies about 35 km (22 mi) off the border of Costa Rica. It is also the twelfth highest peak in Central America.

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