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Membrillo Destination Guide

Explore Membrillo in Panama

Membrillo in the region of Emberá is a place in Panama - some 120 mi or ( 193 km ) East of Panama City , the country's capital city .

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Time in Membrillo is now 02:41 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Santa Marta, Montería, Medellín, Manizales, and Barranquilla. Since you are here already, consider visiting Santa Marta . Where to go and what to see in Membrillo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Metetí

Metetí is a town in the Darién Province of Panama. It is the last major town on the Inter-American Highway before the highway ends at Yaviza. Most of the town's residents are originally from Chiriquí Province. The town has a bank with an ATM, a few restaurants and hotels, a police station, and a gas station.

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Located at 8.50 -77.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Populated places in Darién Province

Darien scheme

The colonization project that became known as the Darien Scheme or Darien Disaster was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called "Caledonia" on the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s.

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Located at 8.83 -77.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: 1690s, 17th century in Scotland, Former Scottish colonies, Former populated places in Central America, Former populated places in Panama, History of Panama, History of Scotland, Political scandals in Scotland, Settlement schemes

Acla

Acla was a Spanish colonial town founded by order of the Governor of Castilla de Oro, Pedrarias Dávila, in 1515. It was located on the central coastline of the modern-day Kuna Yala, to the northeast of Panamá. The town's name means bones of men in the indigenous language. The name comes from the large number of bones strewn about the nearby plains, which supposedly came from the conflicts between two indigenous brothers who fought to become chiefs of the region.

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Located at 8.83 -77.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: History of Panama, Populated places established in 1515