Puerto Obaldia is the main town of ''corregimiento''

Puerto Obaldía Puerto Obaldía is the smallest and easternmost of the four ''corregimientos'' of the Kuna Yala indigenous region of Panama, located on the border with Colombia. This is a mainland area that does not contain any islands. It has an aerodrome with ...

, one of four administrative subdivisions of

Kuna Yala Guna Yala, formerly known as San Blas, is a ''comarca indígena'' (indigenous province) in northeast Panama. Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Gunas. Its capital is Gaigirgordub. It is bounded on the north by the Cari ...

indigenous region of

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, located on the border with

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. Puerto Obaldia is the location of "the main national police station in the region and the airport serving the border communities of Kuna Yala and an Office of Migration Department of the Ministry of Government and Justice and a consular office in Colombia. the condition of coastal border port business guarantees from both the Colombian and Panamanian side. Apart from trade, the inhabitants of Puerto Obaldia engaged in fishing and agriculture." There are no ATMs and no cell phone coverage.

Accessibility

Boats are available for

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, Colombia, from U.S. $10. From Puerto Obaldia Airport,Puerto Obaldia (PUE) Panama
in world airport codes. there are flights every two-three days to

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, the booking office is closed though. Also a boat to Cartí for $100, at least in the low season very sporadically though as there's only one boat whose owner is not customer-minded.

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Kuna children and Colombian refugees live and study together in Panama
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