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Darién (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 8.0830 decimal degrees |
| Long: 077 53 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.8830 decimal degrees |
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Note: Created for dispersed Amerindians; least populated of nation's provinces; charted in 1501 and documented by Columbus on his last voyage two years later; Balboa left area for Pacific Ocean in 1513; occupied by Scotsmen in the 17th century. |
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| Darién (preferred,C,V)
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| Darién, Provincia del (C,V)
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| Provincia del Darién (C,V,O)
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| Darién, Provincia de (C,V)
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| Provincia de Darién (C,V)
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| PM05 (C,U,FIPS)
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| province (preferred, C) |
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created in 1983 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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