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    (for 2019) is 11,342. The district covers a total area of 445 km2. The capital lies at the town of Nuevo Chagres. Chagres District is divided administratively...
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    overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River. In 1502, during his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus discovered the Chagres River. By 1534, the Monarchy...
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    Since the creation of Omar Torrijos Herrera District in 2018, Colón Province is divided into six districts (distritos) which are subdivided into 42 corregimientos...
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    elections, losing the mayorships of the most populated districts of the country, including Panamá District, San Miguelito, Colón, Arraiján, La Chorrera, David...
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  • neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid Palmas Bellas, a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama The Bella Twins, an American professional wrestling...
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  • Nuevo Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo ˈtʃaɣɾes], English: New Chagres) is a seaside town and corregimiento in the Colón Province of Panama, and...
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  • Palmas Bellas is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama. As of 2010, it had a population of 1,844, up from 1,690 in Panamanian census...
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  • Achiote is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 771 as of 2010[update]. Its population as of 1990 was 755;...
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  • Piña is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 836 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 687; its population...
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  • El Guabo is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 1,330 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 1,191; its...
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  • La Encantada is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 2,561 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 2,532;...
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  • Salud is a corregimiento in Chagres District, Colón Province, Panama with a population of 2,162 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 2,085; its population...
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    view of Fort San Lorenzo on the mouth of the Chagres River Map of Fort San Lorenzo and the mouth of the Chagres River 19 January Early in the morning - Morgan...
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    Wyoming. The Panama Canal has this same feature, but is man-made. Both the Chagres and Gatun rivers flow into Gatun Lake, which empties to both oceans. Several...
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    Río Chepo and the Río Chagres, both within the boundaries of the city, work as sources of hydroelectric power. The Río Chagres is one of the longest and...
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    streams, meander in valleys, and form coastal deltas. However, the Río Chagres (Chagres River), located in central Panama, is one of the few wide rivers and...
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    miles (12.6 km) from the Pedro Miguel lock on the Pacific side to the Chagres River arm of Lake Gatun, with a water level 85 feet (26 m) above sea level...
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    Chepo and the Río Chagres are sources of hydroelectric power. The Kampia lake and Madden Lake (also filled with water from the Río Chagres) provide hydroelectricity...
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    16, 1850, Simon boarded the steamship Falcon bound for California via Chagres, the Isthmus of Panama, and the Pacific Coast. Maurice and Elie followed...
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    Panama City to the town of sales and then transported by boat on the Rio Chagres to Portobelo, where they were shipped to Panama, re-embarked for Spain...
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    concentrated around the La Disputada and El Soldado mines, as well as the Chagres smelter, working mainly copper. The deposits and facilities were unified...
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    provinces of Panama and some of the comarcas are divided into districts (distrito). The district are further divided into corregimientos of Panama v t e...
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  • Remainder was demolished after the collapse by authorities for safety reasons. Chagres River Gamboa Panama 23 June 2000 0 killed, 0 injured Bulk carrier "Bluebill"...
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    advice of Granny and go around the Horn, through the Straights, or by Chagres [Panama]." Citations "[E]vents from January 1848 through December 1855...
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    and quickly moved to California. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama at Chagres on a small sailing ship from Panama City, where he stayed until the spring...
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    In Panama, a corregimiento is a subdivision of a district, which in turn is a subdivision of a province. It is the smallest administrative division level...
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  • Madden Road, the main Canal Zone boundary, and a contour line above Rio Chagres and Rio Chilibre. Another treaty that took effect on April 11, 1955, de-enclaved...
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    Castillo San Felipe del Morro (category Historic district contributing properties in Puerto Rico)
    Santo Domingo, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Nombre de Dios, Portobelo, the Chagres River, Panama City, Havana, and St. Augustine. San Juan construction began...
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    the Punta Rincón port, their exporting area, by fishermen of the Donoso District. On 28 November 2023, the Supreme Court of Justice unanimously ruled the...
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  • Protected Area Serrania del Bagre Biological Corridor Comarca of Kuna Yala Chagres River Swamps and Wetlands of the Bay of Panamá (Manglares y Humedales de...
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