Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro

Bocas del Toro
Corregimiento and town
City of Isla Colon
City of Isla Colon
Bocas del Toro is located in Panama
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro
Coordinates: 9°20′N 82°15′W / 9.333°N 82.250°W / 9.333; -82.250
Country Panama
ProvinceBocas del Toro
DistrictBocas del Toro
Area
 • Land67.3 km2 (26.0 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total7,366
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (No DST)
ClimateAf
Websitebocas.municipios.gob.pa
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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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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