Bocas del Toro | |
|---|---|
Corregimiento and town | |
 City of Isla Colon | |
  Bocas del Toro | |
| Coordinates: 9°20′N 82°15′W / 9.333°N 82.250°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Bocas del Toro |
| District | Bocas del Toro |
| Area | |
| • Land | 67.3 km2 (26.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,366 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (No DST) |
| Climate | Af |
| Website | bocas |
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Bocas del Toro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbokas ðel ˈtoɾo]), also known colloquially as Bocas Town, is the capital of the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro and the district of Bocas del Toro. It is a town and a tourist resort located on the southern tip of Colón Island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Bocas Town had 12,996 residents in 2008.[2]
Bocas del Toro is served by Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport which hosts daily commuter flights from and to Panama City and San José in neighboring Costa Rica.
- ^ a b "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030354/http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls |date=4 March 2016 }} (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
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