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Mamoní River
The Mamoni River is a river of Panama. The Mamoní runs along the Pacora River, Pacora in eastern Panama, draining east then turning south to join the Chepo River just southeast of the town of Chepo, Panamá Province, Chepo. The Mamoní can be divided into three with the upper Mamoní and the lower Mamoní separated by the Mamoní gorge. See also *List of rivers of Panama References * Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. *:File:Panama relief 1995.jpg, CIA map, 1995. Rivers of Panama {{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] |