Gaigirgordub, called El Porvenir () until July 1, 2016, is the capital of the

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

nian ''comarca indígena'' (indigenous territory) of

Guna Yala Guna Yala, also known as Kuna Yala or by its former name San Blas, is a ''Comarca#Panama, comarca indígena'' (indigenous province) in northeast Panama. Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Guna people, Gunas. Its capital ...

. The settlement is located on a small island and contains a

landing strip In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (grass, dirt, gravel, ic ...

, a museum (the ''Museo de la Nación Guna'', or Museum of the Guna Nation), a hotel, government offices, and an artisans' cooperative.William Friar. ''Panama''. Moon Handbooks (2008), p. 397. There is also a small beach.

References

External links

* Populated places in Guna Yala {{GunaYala-geo-stub