Picacho Mountain
Picacho Mountain ( es, Cerro Picacho) is a mountain located on the western side of the Province of Panama in the district of San Carlos. At the base of the peak there is a green lagoon named "Laguna de San Carlos" and the private mountain development Altos del Maria. References * National Geographical Institution “Tommy Guardia" Mountains of Panama {{PanamáPA-geo-stub ...
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Central Mountain Range
The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of the range is Xiuguluan Mountain, . Names "Central Range" or "Central Mountain Range" is a calque of the range's Chinese name, the ''Zhōngyāng Shānmài'' or ''Shānmò''. It is also sometimes simply called the Zhongyang or in English. During the Qing Dynasty, the range was known as the , from the Wade-Giles romanization of the Chinese name ''Dàshān'', meaning "Big Mountains". Geography In a broad sense, Central Mountain Range includes its conjoint ranges such as Xueshan Range and Yushan Range; thus the tallest peak of Central Mountain Range in this sense is Yushan (Jade Mountain/Mount Morrison), , and the second tallest peak is Xueshan (Snow Mountain), . Ecology The Central Range lies within the Taiwan subtropical evergreen for ...
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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 ...
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Province Of Panama
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''province'' has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities. Many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of central government, with very little autonomy. Etymology The English word ''province'' is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French , which itself comes from the Latin word , which referred to the sphere o ...
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San Carlos District, Panama
San Carlos is a district (''distrito'') of West Panamá Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 15,541; the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 24,001.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. The district covers a total area of 338 km². The capital city of the District is named San Carlos as well. Administrative divisions San Carlos District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': * San Carlos (capital) * El Espino * El Higo * Guayabito, La Ermita *La Laguna *Las Uvas * Los Llanitos *San José San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to: *San Jose, California, United States *San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to: Places Argentina * San José, Buenos Aires ** San ... References Districts of Panamá Oeste Province {{PanamáOeste-geo-stub ...
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Altos Del Maria
Altos may refer to: *Altos (Mygdonia), a town of ancient Greece *Altos (Paraguay) * Altos, Brazil, a municipality in Piauí **Associação Atlética de Altos, a football team in the municipality of Altos * Los Altos (Jalisco), a geographic region in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Jalisco *Altos Computer Systems, an early microcomputer manufacturer See also *Antos (name) Antoś is a Polish masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antoni, Antonin and Antonius that is used in Poland. Antoś, Antos or Antoš may either be a surname or given name. As a surname it is derived from the Antonius root name. Notable ...