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Darién is a province in eastern Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
. It is also the largest province in Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
. It is hot, humid, heavily forested, and sparsely populated.

European
European ethnic groups

The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe....
s first discovered the region in 1501, and Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 sighted it on his fourth voyage in 1503. The Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 established the first European colony
Colony

In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies....
 in South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Santa María la Antigua del Darién
Santa María la Antigua del Darién

Santa Mar?a la Antigua del Dari?n was a settlement established in 1510 by Spain explorer Vasco N??ez de Balboa on the Caribbean Sea coast of what is now Darien, between Panama and Colombia.It was the first successful European settlement founded on the mainland of the Americas after the voyages of Christopher Columbus....
, in Darién in 1510. The settlement did not prosper, however, and was soon abandoned. From this town Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
 made his march to the Pacific in 1513.






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Darién is a province in eastern Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
. It is also the largest province in Panama
Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
. It is hot, humid, heavily forested, and sparsely populated.

European
European ethnic groups

The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe....
s first discovered the region in 1501, and Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 sighted it on his fourth voyage in 1503. The Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 established the first European colony
Colony

In politics and in history, a colony is a Territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies....
 in South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, Santa María la Antigua del Darién
Santa María la Antigua del Darién

Santa Mar?a la Antigua del Dari?n was a settlement established in 1510 by Spain explorer Vasco N??ez de Balboa on the Caribbean Sea coast of what is now Darien, between Panama and Colombia.It was the first successful European settlement founded on the mainland of the Americas after the voyages of Christopher Columbus....
, in Darién in 1510. The settlement did not prosper, however, and was soon abandoned. From this town Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
 made his march to the Pacific in 1513. Some of the refugees from Santa María went on to found Panama City
Panama City

Panama City is the Capital and largest city of the Panama. It has a population of 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at ....
 in 1519.

In 1698, the Scots
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 launched another attempt to colonize Darién: the Darién scheme
Darién scheme

The Darien scheme , was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama in the 1690s....
. It too ended in failure and led to the Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707

The Acts of Union were a pair of Act of Parliament passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England to put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries....
 which joined the parliaments of Scotland and England (with Wales) into the United Kingdom.

Today the chief town in Darién is La Palma
La Palma, Panama

La Palma is located at the mouth of the R?o Tuira, where the wide river meets the Golfo de San Miguel. The Chucunaque joins the Tuira farther south. La Palma is the provincial capital of Dari?n Province and the most populous town in the region....
, located where the Tuira River
Tuira River

The Tuira River is located in the Dari?n Province of eastern Panama. It flows into the Bay of San Miguel, Panama at the province capital of La Palma, Panama....
 empties into the Bay of San Miguel.

The province was formed in 1922 from Panamá
Panamá Province

Panama is a major province of the country of Panama, containing the capital city, Panama City. The governor of the province since 2006 is Gladys Bandiera de Pitti....
 province.

Darién appears in Keats' poem On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer

On First Looking into Chapman's Homer is a sonnet by England Romanticism poet John Keats written in October 1816. It tells of the author's astonishment at reading the works of the ancient Greece poet Homer as freely translation by the Elizabethan playwright George Chapman....
; in the poem, "stout Cortez" is in Darién when he first sees the Pacific Ocean. (In fact it was Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
, not Cortés
Hernán Cortés

Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
, who was involved in this historical event.)

The Darién Gap
Darién Gap

The Dari?n Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia . It measures just over 160 km long and about 50 km wide....
 is the only gap in the Pan-American Highway
Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads nearly 48,000 kilometres in total length. Except for an 87 kilometre rainforest gap, called the Dari?n Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system....
 along the length of North, Central, and South America.

Districts

Darién Province is divided into two district
District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipality, or subdivisions of municipalities....
s:

  • Chepigana District, which contains the easternmost point
    Extreme points of Central America

    This is a list of the extreme points of central America, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location on the region....
     of Central America
    Central America

    Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
    . Corregimientos of Chepigana include La Palma (capital), Camoganti, Chepigana, Garachiné
    Garachiné

    Garachin? is a town in the Dari?n province of Panama.Sources * – World-Gazetteer.com...
    , Jaqué
    Jaque

    Jaque is a Spain chess magazine that is published twice a month in Valencia, Spain. It started in San Sebasti?n in 1970 and has been the Spanish leading chess magazine since....
    , Puerto Piña, Río Congo, Río Iglesias, Sambú
    Sambu

    Sambu was one of the traditional independent Ovimbundu kingdoms in Angola.References...
    , Setegantí, Taimatí, Tucutí, Agua Fría
    Agua Fria

    Agua Fria, Agua Fr?a, or ?gua Fria may refer to:*?gua Fria de Goi?s, a small town in northern Goi?s state*Agua Fr?a, Panama *Agua Fria, New Mexico, a suburb of Santa Fe...
    , Cucunatí, Río Congo Arriba and Santa Fe.


  • Pinogana District. Corregimientos of Pinogana include El Real de Santa María
    El Real de Santa María

    El Real de Santa Mar?a is a town in the Dari?n province of Panama.Sources * – World-Gazetteer.com...
     (capital), Boca de Cupe, Paya, Pinogana, Púcuro, Yape, Yaviza
    Yaviza

    Yaviza is a town in the Dari?n Province of Panama. The town marks the northwestern end of the Dari?n Gap of the Pan-American Highway. It is the main cultural center of the Panamanian side of the Dari?n Gap....
    , Metetí
    Metetí

    Metet? is a town in the Dari?n Provinces and regions of Panama of Panama.Sources * – World-Gazetteer.com...
     and Wargandi.


The comarca indígena (indigenous territory) of Emberá
Emberá

Ember? is a comarca ind?gena in eastern Panama. It was created by Law Number 22 on November 8, 1983, within the territories of Chepigana and Pinogana districts, Dari?n Province....
 was established in the province on November 8, 1983. It consists of two additional districts:
  • Cémaco District
  • Sambú District


The comarca indígena of Kuna de Wargandí
Kuna de Wargandí

Kuna de Wargand? is a comarca in Panam?. It was created in 2000 from the province of Dari?n Province, from the district of Pinogana. It has an area of 299 square miles ....
 was established in 2000. It is not subdivided into districts.

See also

  • Darién Gap
    Darién Gap

    The Dari?n Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia . It measures just over 160 km long and about 50 km wide....
  • Darien scheme
    Darién scheme

    The Darien scheme , was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama in the 1690s....