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The Tuira River is located in the

Darién Province Darién (, , ) is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma. With an area of , it is located at the eastern end of the country and bordered to the north by the province of Panamá and the region of Kuna Yala. To the south, it is border ...

of eastern

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 ...

. It flows into the

Bay of San Miguel The Bay of San Miguel () is a bay of the Gulf of Panama, located on the Pacific coast of Darién Province in eastern Panama. The bay is located at . It is fed by the Tuira River. At its southern end is Cape Garachiné A cape is a clothing ...

at the province capital of

La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...

. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tributaries, the

Chucunaque River The Chucunaque River is a river of Panama. It is a tributary of the Tuira River in the Darién Province Darién (, , ) is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma. With an area of , it is located at the eastern end of the country a ...

, is the longest river in Panama. The river starts in highlands of Darien, and runs south/southeast, and then north and west. It runs past villages as it flows downstream including Matuganti, Sobiaquirú, El Balsal, Boca de Cupe,

Capetí Capetí is a town in the Darién Province, Darién Provinces of Panama, province of Panama. Sources World Gazeteer: Panama
– World-Gazetteer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Capeti Populated places in Comarca Emberá-Wounaan ...

Yape Yape is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 187 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 229; its population as of 2000 was 159. It is located along the Tuira River The Tuira River is located ...

, Aruza, Unión Chocó, Vista Alegre, and Pinogana.(30 April 2008)
Panama: Weary repatriation
Relief Web It meets the

El Real de Santa María El Real de Santa María is a corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,183 as of 2010. It is the seat of Pinogana District. Its population as of 1990 was 1,201; its population as of 2000 was 1,185. The t ...

and then flows northwest towards

.Tuira River
Brittanica.com, Retrieved 30 November 2022 Via the Chucunaque, one can reach

Yaviza Yaviza is a town and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,441 as of 2010. Location The town marks the southeastern end of the northern half of the Pan-American Highway, at the north end of the Dari ...

, which is the terminus of the northern end of the

Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in to ...

. The Paya River joins the river downstream of Sobiaquirú, via which the village of Paya can be reached. The Púcuro River joins downstream of the Paya, via which the village of Púcuro can be reached. The Geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America
GSA Bulletin (2004) 116 (11-12): 1327–1344

References

Rivers of Panama Landforms of Darién Province {{Darién-geo-stub