Darien Province

Darién Province Provincia de Darién Province La Palma,Darién Flag Location of Darién Province in Panama Country Panama   Census Time zone Eastern Time (UTC-5) ISO 3166 code PA-1

Place Names

Place Names

The Darien meaning originates in the language spoken by the indigenous Cave, 2 an Indian tribe that was wiped out by the Conquistadors along XVI.3 century precisely Tanela name Tanel or river which flows into the left lower Atrato . Tanela River (the Aluka Tiwal Native), and degenerated hispanicized pronunciation, took the name Darién.4 This name is designated the region where they settled and different indigenous communities who were there or settled . Later it was the name that was known Atrato.5 river should be noted that the Spanish establishment Santa María la Antigua del Darién, the first city founded on the mainland took its name from this río.5 6 subsequently appointed to the region with this name, and defined the borders of the Urabá

Imdijena of Darien

Imdijena of Darien

The Darién Gap is home to the Embera-Wounaan and Kuna

 Native Americans (and the former home of the Cueva people before their extermination in the 16th century). Travel is often by dugout canoe (piragua). On the Panamanian side, La Palma is the capital of the province and the main cultural centre. Other Mestizo population centers include Yaviza and El Real. The Darién Gap had a reported population of 1,700 in 1980. Corn, mandioca, plantains, and bananas are staple crops wherever land is developed.

Geography

Geography

Darién Province covers an area of 11,896 square kilometres (4,593 sq mi), comparable to the island of Jamaica. In the centre is an undulating plain, fed by the rivers Chucunaque and Tuira and framed by steep areas of the highlands of San Blas, Bagre, Pirre, and the Saltos. Among the highest mountains in the province are Tacarcuna at 2,280 metres (7,480 ft), Piña at 1,581 metres (5,187 ft), Pirre at 1,569 metres (5,148 ft), Nique at 1,550 metres (5,090 ft), Chucantí at 1,430 metres (4,690 ft), Tanela at 1,415 metres (4,642 ft) and Upper Quia at 1,361 metres (4,465 ft).

Eight percent of the province's land is suitable for intensive cultivation, 60 percent is suitable for pasture, permanent crops and forestry production and 25 percent is protected forest reserves. The dominant natural vegetation is forests which, according to the topographic elevation and rainfall patterns, are classified as tropical moist, subtropical moist and cloud forest.

Darién is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma. With an area of 11,896.5 km² (4,593.3 sq mi), 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 bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Colombia. To the east, it bordersColombia; to the west, it borders the Pacific Ocean and the province of Panama.

The area surrounding the border with Colombia is known as the Darién Gap, a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest. With no roads, it is the missing link of the Pan-American Highway.