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5 unusual facts about Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro


Chico Salmon

Ruthford Eduardo "Chico" Salmon (December 3, 1940 in Colón, Panama – September 17, 2000 in Bocas del Toro, Panama) was a Panamanian Major League Baseball utility player.

Colón Island

The capital city of the province, Bocas del Toro, is located on the island and is one of Panama's main tourist attractions.

Luis Russell

Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry.

Metropolitan Steamship Company

The H.F. Dimock and Herman Winter were also sold during this period and placed in the banana trade between Mobile, Alabama, and Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Princess Angela of Liechtenstein

Princess Angela was born in Bocas del Toro, Panama as Angela Gisela Brown, the daughter of Javier Francisco Brown and Silvia Maritza Burke.


Palo de Mayo

) is a type of Afro-Caribbean dance with sensual movements that forms part of the culture of several communities in the RAAS region in Nicaragua, as well as Belize, the Bay Islands of Honduras and Bocas del Toro in Panama.

Roberto Chen

Roberto Leandro Chen Rodríguez (born 24 May 1994 in Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro) is a Panamanian footballer with Chinese heritage who plays as a central defender for Zulte Waregem, on loan from Málaga.


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