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
...
, one of four administrative subdivisions of
Kuna Yala
Kuna may refer to:
Places
* Kuna, Idaho, a town in the United States
** Kuna Caves, a lava tube in Idaho
* Kuna Peak, a mountain in California
* Kuna Pelješka, a village in the Orebić municipality, Croatia
* , a village in the Konavle mun ...
indigenous region of
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 ...
, located on the border with
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
.
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
Capurganá
Capurganá is a town of the municipality of Acandí on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Urabá in the Colombian department of Chocó Department, Chocó, adjacent to the border between Colombia and Panama. Previously a base site for eco-touri ...
, Colombia, from
U.S. $10.
From
Puerto Obaldia Airport __NOTOC__
Puerto Obaldia Airport is an airport serving Puerto Obaldía, a Caribbean coastal town in the Guna Yala comarca (indigenous province) of Panama.
Between 2008 and 2010, the deteriorated NW/SE runway was replaced with a longer, wider co ...
,
Puerto Obaldia (PUE) Panama
in world airport codes. there are flights every two-three days to Panama City
Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...
, 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.
References
External links
Kuna children and Colombian refugees live and study together in Panama
News of the UNHCR
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and Humanitarian protection, protect refugees, Internally displaced person, forcibly displaced communities, and Statelessness, s ...
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Populated places in Guna Yala