Place:Darién, Panama

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NameDarién
Alt namesDariénsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Dariénsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Located inPanama     (1983 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
El Real de Santa María
Garachiné
Jaqué
La Palma
Yaviza
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Darién (,[1] ) is a province in Panama whose capital city is 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 and the region of Kuna Yala. To the south, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Colombia. To the east, it borders Colombia; 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.

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