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