The Darién Gap (UK: / ˈ d ɛər i ə n, ˈ d ær-/, US: / ˌ d ɛər i ˈ ɛ n, ˌ d ɑːr-, d ɑːr ˈ j ɛ n /, Spanish: Tapón del Darién [taˈpon del daˈɾjen], lit. 'Darién plug') is a geographic region between the North and South American continents within Central America, consisting of a large watershed, forest, and mountains in Panama's Darién Province and the northern portion of ...

Der Darién Gap (englisch, wörtlich „Darién-Lücke“), Schreibweise auch Darien Gap, ist eine Region an der Grenze zwischen Nordamerika und Südamerika auf dem Gebiet der Staaten Panama und Kolumbien.Die Provinz Darién in Panama liegt in dieser Region.. In der spanischen Bezeichnung Tapón del Darién bedeutet tapón wörtlich „Pfropf“ oder „Stopfen“.

The Pan-American (or Inter-American) highway passes through the Central American countries with the highway designation of CA-1 (Central American Highway 1). Belize was supposedly included in the route at one time, after it switched to driving on the right. Prior to independence, as British Honduras, it was the only Central American country to drive on the left side of the road.

high: Darién (UK: / ˈ d ɛər i ə n, ˈ d ær-/, US: / ˌ d ɛər i ˈ ɛ n, ˌ d ɑːr-, d ɑːr ˈ j ɛ n /, Spanish: ) is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma 2 Panamá and the region of Kuna Yala. To the south, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and Colombia. To the east, it borders Colombia; to the west, it borders the ...

Región. La región del Darién es un área selvática y pantanosa ubicada en el límite de América Central y América del Sur (), que ha funcionado como una barrera natural a la comunicación por carretera entre ambos subcontinentes.Por no estar abiertas en la actualidad vías terrestres de transporte que atraviesen la zona (principalmente por ser la parte donde se interrumpe la …

Toponimia. El significado de Darién se origina en la lengua hablada por los indígenas Cueva, [2] una nación indígena que fue exterminada por los conquistadores a lo largo del siglo XVI. [3] Precisamente del nombre Tanel o Tanela, río que desemboca en la margen izquierda del bajo Atrato.El río Tanela (el Aluka Tiwal de los nativos), españolizado y degenerado por la …

The Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal.Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great geopolitical and strategic …

Copa Airlines Flight 201 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On 6 June 1992, the Boeing 737-204 Advanced operating the route rolled, entered a steep dive, disintegrated in mid-air, and crashed into the jungle of the Darién Gap 29 minutes after takeoff, …

The flag of Panama was made by María de la Ossa de Amador and was officially adopted by the "ley 48 de 1925". The Panamanian flag day is celebrated on November 4, one day after Panamanian separation from Colombia, and is one of a series of holidays celebrated in November known as the Fiestas Patrias.. The first flag proposed in 1903 consisted of thirteen horizontal …

Panama is a Central American country, inhabited mostly by mestizos (persons of mixed African, European and indigenous ancestry).The music of Panama is heavily based on the folk music of Spain, particularly that of Andalusia and was influenced first by the indigenous populations of Kunas, Teribes, Ngobe Bugle and others, and then by the black population who were brought …