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5 unusual facts about Chiriquí


Analía Núñez

Analía Veronica Núñez Sagripanti, born (June 4, 1980) David, Chiriquí, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1999.

Latin University of Panama

The one in Panama was opened on September 4, 1991, with facilities in Panama City and David, Chiriquí.

Panamanian spiny pocket mouse

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are found only in southern and western Panama, along the Pacific coast between David and Chepo, and inland as far as the headwaters of rivers flowing into the Atlantic.

Proud Truth

In 1991, Proud Truth was sent to stand at Corbett Farm near Monkton, Maryland then in 1999 to Haras Cerro Punta in Cerro Punta, Chiriquí, Panama for new owner Fernando Eleta Almarán.

Tropical Storm Alma

The city of David, Chiriquí in western Panama reported 5.75 inches (141 mm) of precipitation in 48 hours.


Bothriechis nigroviridis

According to Campbell and Lamar (2004), this species prefers medium to high elevations from 1,150 to over 3,000 m, and is found from the Cordillera Tilarán and Cordillera Central in the southeastern Alajuela province in Costa Rica, southeast through the Cordillera de Talamanca to Chiriquí province in Panama.

Bridge of the Americas

After the canal opened, the increasing number of cars, and the construction of a new road leading to Chiriquí, in the west of Panama, increased the need for some kind of crossing.

Golfo de Chiriquí National Park

The Gulf of Chiriquí Marine Park is located in the middle of the Gulf of Chiriquí.

Río Sereno

Río Sereno, also known as Sereno, is a small town, in the Renacimiento in the Chiriquí province of Panama close to the Costa Rica border.

States of Colombia

The centralist structure that came to be in the Republic of New Granada after the disestablishment of Gran Colombia and that was ratified by the constitution of 1843, was soon challenged; particularly the provinces of Azuero, Chiriquí, Panamá, and Veraguas, who were demanding an autonomous status.

Tithraustes snyderi

It is found in cloud-forest habitats within La Amistad, an international park extending from south-central Costa Rica into the Chiriqui Province of Panama.


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