Yaviza
Sign in to savethumb|right|Ruins of the Fort of San Gerónimo de Yaviza Yaviza is a town and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,441 as of 2010.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yaviza
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Corregimiento and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Village along Chucunaque River - Darién - Panama (48455489817).jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Panama
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Darién
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pinogana
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 397.1
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 4441
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 11.2
- Settlement.population_note
- Population density calculated based on land area.
- Settlement.timezone1
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −5
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Location
- Demographics
- History
- References
thumb|right|Ruins of the Fort of San Gerónimo de Yaviza Yaviza is a town and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,441 as of 2010.
==Location== The town marks the southeastern end of the northern half of the Pan-American Highway, at the north end of the Darién Gap.Leonard, Thomas M. Historical Dictionary of Panama, p. xxxv (2015) It lies on the Chucunaque River, a major tributary of the Tuira River, along which travel by boat into the Darién Gap occurs. The nearest town on the river route is El Real de Santa María, which is the capital of Pinogana District.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yaviza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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