Puerto Obaldía is the smallest and easternmost of the four ''corregimientos'' of the

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

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 ...

, located on the border with

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. This is a mainland area that does not contain any islands. It has an

aerodrome An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publ ...

with scheduled flights. There are no roads. At the census of population of 2000, the number was 672, of which 533 resided in the main town of Puerto Obaldía. Other settlements were ''La Miel'' (pop. 80), on the Colombian border, ''La Boca'' (pop. 31), and ''Playa Blanca'' (pop. 28). The main industry in Puerto Obaldía is Panamanian border and customs control. It is only some 10 miles from the Colombian border; boats connect it with

Acandí Acandí is a town in Colombia at the northern extremity of the department of Chocó in the northwest of Colombia, bordering Panama and the Caribbean Sea. It is from the department's capital, Quibdó. Its average temperature is . It was founded a ...

, on the Colombian side.

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Districts of Panama Populated places in Guna Yala Lighthouses in Panama Colombia–Panama border crossings {{GunaYala-geo-stub

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