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Bayano River
Bayano River is a river of Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ... in the Panamá Province. It is an alternative name for the upper part of the Chepo River. It is named after Bayano, the leader of a slave revolt and ruler of a kingdom of former slaves in 16th century Panama. It was dammed in the 1970s, creating Lago Bayano. This dam provides much of the electrical power for Panama City. External links Fishing on the Bayano River Rivers of Panama Gulf of Panama Panamá Province Drainage basins of the Pacific Ocean {{Panama-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of 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 the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of 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 Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panamá Province
Panamá is a province of Panama. It is the location of the national capital Panama City, which also serves as the provincial capital. The governor of the province is Judy Meana, appointed by President Laurentino Cortizo and sworn in on 16 April 2020. Administrative divisions Panamá Province is now divided into 6 ''distritos'' (districts) and subdivided into 55 '' corregimientos''. The five former districts west of the Panama Canal were split off to form Panamá Oeste Province Panamá Oeste (; "West Panama" in English) is the newest province in Panama. It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway i ... on 1 January 2014. 1 These ''corregimientos'' represent as Panama City 2 These ''corregimientos'' represent as San Miguelito City References {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama Province Provinces of Panama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chepo River
The Chepo River is a river of Panama in the Chepo District of Panama Province. It drains into the Pacific Ocean. Course The uppermost reaches of the Chepo is alternately called the Bayano River after the construction of the Bayano Dam that resulted in the lake reservoir. The headwaters of the Chepo encompass watercourses running south from the San Blas Mountains near the Caribbean along with other rivers draining parts of the Majé and Darien Mountains. The Mamoni River is a major tributary farther down stream. Measuring in length, the Chepo-Bayano is the third longest river of Panama. Coquira, in the lower reaches, is the main riverine port. See also * |
Bayano
Bayano, also known as Ballano or Vaino, was an African enslaved by Spaniards who led the Bayano Wars, biggest slave revolts of 16th century Panama. Captured from the Yoruba people, Yoruba community in West Africa, it has been argued that his name means ''idol''. Different tales tell of their revolt in 1552 beginning either on the ship en route, or after landing in Panama's Darién Province, Darien province along its modern-day border with Colombia. Rebel slaves, known as Cimarron people (Panama), cimarrones, set up autonomous regions known as Palenque (village), palenques, many of which successfully fended off Spanish control for centuries using guerrilla warfare, guerrilla war and alliances with pirates, or indigenous nations who were in similar circumstances. King Bayano's forces numbered between four and twelve hundred Cimarron people (Panama), Cimarrons, depending upon different sources, and set up a Palenque (village), palenque known as Ronconcholon near modern-day Chepo Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lago Bayano
Bayano Lake is a reservoir in the eastern part of Panamá Province, Panama created when the Bayano River was Bayano Dam, dammed in 1976. In terms of surface area, Lake Bayano is the second largest lake in Panama, exceeded only by Lake Gatun. The lake and river are named after Bayano, the leader of the largest slave revolt of 16th century Panama. The Bayano Caves are on the south side of the lake.Friar, William. ''Panama''. Moon Publications (2008), p. 419. . References Lakes of Panama, Bayano Panamá Province {{PanamáPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama City
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce. The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas. On 28 January 1671, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The city was formally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Panama
Panama is a country located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. Panama is located on the narrow and low Isthmus of Panama. This S-shaped isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north latitude and 77° and 83° west longitude. Panama encompasses approximately . It is long, and between wide. Geology The geology of Panama is extremely complicated. The land was formed by interactions of several tectonic plates over the past 10 million years. Elevation The dominant feature of Panama's landform is the central spine of mountains and hills that forms the continental divide. The divide does not form part of the great mountain chains of North America, and only near the Colombian border are there highlands related to the Andean system of South America. The spine that forms the divide is the highly eroded arch of an uplift from the sea bottom, in which peaks were formed by volcanic intrusions. The western p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Panama
The Gulf of Panama ( es, Golfo de Panamá) is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Panama, where most of eastern Panama's southern shores adjoin it. The Gulf has a maximum width of , a maximum depth of and the size of . The Panama Canal connects the Gulf of Panama with the Caribbean Sea, thus linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The Panamanian capital Panama City is the main urban centre on the gulf shore. The Gulf itself also contains a few minor gulfs, with Panama Bay to the north, Gulf of Parita to the west and Gulf of San Miguel to the east. The gulf has a few islands and on the coast there are a few important ports, like Panama City, La Palma and Chitrè. The Pearl Islands archipelago is a group of over two hundred islands situated to the east in the gulf. Panama’s largest river, Tuira, flows south into the Gulf of San Miguel. Tourism Tourism is a very large part of the Panamanian economy, and much of it revolves around the Panama Bay. The most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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