La Palma () is a town and

corregimiento ''Corregimiento'' (; , ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A ''corregimiento'' was usually headed by a '' corregidor''. The ...

Chepigana District Chepigana District () is a district (''distrito'') of Darién Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 27,461, and had risen to 30,110 in the 2010 census, prior to the creation of Santa Fe District. Since the separation ...

Darién Province Darién (, ; ) is a Provinces of Panama, province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma, Darién, 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 Province, Panam ...

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 ...

with a population of 4,205 as of 2010. It is the seat of Chepigana District. Its population as of 1990 was 11,632; its population as of 2000 was 3,884. It is located at the mouth of the

Tuira river The Tuira River is located in the Darién Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama, Bay of San Miguel at the province capital of La Palma, Panama, La Palma. It is the largest river in Panama, and one of its tribu ...

, where the wide river meets the Golfo de San Miguel. The Chucunaque joins the Tuira further south. File:La Palma Darien Panama 01.jpg File:La Palma Darien Panama 03.jpg File:La Palma Darien Panama 04.jpg File:La Palma Darien Panama 02.jpg File:La Palma Darien Panama 05.jpg

Economy

La Palma is the principal trading center for the large sparsely populated region that surrounds it. Plantains, corn, and rice are cultivated, and livestock is raised; there is also some sawmilling. The town is isolated, with no highway linking it to other communities in central and western Panama.

References

Corregimientos of Darién Province Populated places in Darién Province Road-inaccessible communities of Panama {{Darién-geo-stub