darin province

Darin is a province in eastern Panama. It is hot, humid, heavily forested, and sparsely populated. Europeans first discovered the region in 1501, and Christopher Columbus sighted it on his fourth voyage in 1503. The Spanish established the first European colony in South America, Santa Mara la Antigua del Darin, in Darin in 1510. The settlement did not prosper, however, and was soon abandoned. From this town Vasco Nez de Balboa made his march to the Pacific in 1513. Some of the refugees from Santa Mara went on to found Panama City in 1519. In 1698 Scottish Protestants launched another attempt to colonize Darin: the Darin scheme. It too ended in failure. Today the chief town in Darin is La Palma, located where the Tuira River empties into the Bay of San Miguel. The province was formed in 1922 from Panam province. The province is divided in 2 districts. District (Capital)

Chepigana (La Palma)
Pinogana (El Real de Santa Mara)

See also: Darin Gap

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