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Caribbean and another, a
Spanish Galleon Shield landfall due to bad weather, with two images on board, one of a white Christ and another of a black Christ. Each time the ship tried to sail with its cargo, a storm prevented it. After several attempts, the Spanish decided to leave the black Christ in Portobelo and were finally able to leave.
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It was founded on March 20, 1597, by
Francisco Velarde and Markets, replacing the city of Nombre de Dios, since it was disabled by your weather conditions. In this prosperous village was deposited all the gold from the Spanish colonies in South America. The gold from Peru, loaded on mules across the
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Legend has it that the image of the
Nazarene arrived in the late eighteenth century on a ship whose destination was Peru, but that bad weather forced it to disembark in Portobelo. The popular narrative has two aspects, one notes that some fishermen found it floating in the holy waters of the
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He was also famous for its fairs, which lasted for forty (40) days. The first fair was launched in the year 1606 in the name of God and then were moved to
Portobelo, by position. The last show was in the year of 1739.
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when pilgrims congregate from around the country. Some are walking long distances in payment for favors granted by the miraculous
Nazarene. Others come from or carrying heavy crosses knees in
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Camino de Cruces from Panama City to the town of sales and then transported by boat on the Rio
Chagres to Portobelo, where they were shipped to Panama, re-embarked for Spain.
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237:. It covers an area of 397 km, and the latest official estimate of population (for 2019) is 10,581. The district capital is the town of
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On
October 21, Portobelo becomes the scene of one of the major religious traditions in Panama. These are the feasts of the
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The site on which to found
Portobelo was discovered on November 2, 1502, by Admiral
378:"Distrito Portobelo, Panamá - Nombres Geográficos, mapa, coordenadas geográficas"
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Portobelo
District is divided administratively into the following
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390:Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.
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81:Location of the district capital in Panama
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229:is one of the districts that make up the
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16:District in Colón Province, Panama
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173:153 sq mi (397 km)
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427:
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67:
60:
47:
38:
998:Omar Torrijos Herrera District
645:Omar Torrijos Herrera District
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1307:Districts of Colón Province
1238:Santiago District, Veraguas
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499:
439:
89:
55:
46:
37:
28:
839:Chiriquí Grande District
277:Administrative divisions
829:Bocas del Toro District
816:Bocas del Toro Province
308:San Felipe de Portobelo
1228:San Francisco District
1170:San Miguelito District
917:Tierras Altas District
506:
294:
286:
258:
1223:Río de Jesús District
1008:Santa Isabel District
902:Renacimiento District
715:Santa Isabel District
505:
292:
284:
256:
194:69/sq mi (27/km)
1281:La Chorrera District
1258:West Panamá Province
1084:Santa María District
912:San Lorenzo District
834:Changuinola District
654:San José del General
263:Christopher Columbus
191: • Density
1286:San Carlos District
1213:Las Palmas District
1112:Los Santos District
1107:Las Tablas District
1094:Los Santos Province
950:La Pintada District
808:Districts of Panama
105: /
1117:Macaracas District
1064:Los Pozos District
1059:Las Minas District
1026:Chepigana District
1003:Portobelo District
940:Aguadulce District
907:San Félix District
824:Almirante District
675:Portobelo District
634:Miguel de la Borda
507:
295:
287:
259:
227:Portobelo District
183: • Total
170: • Total
75:Portobelo District
23:Portobelo District
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1293:
1266:Arraiján District
1233:Santa Fe District
1185:Veraguas Province
1036:Santa Fe District
1031:Pinogana District
965:Penonomé District
897:Remedios District
867:Boquerón District
849:Chiriquí Province
767:
766:
659:San Juan de Turbe
569:Nueva Providencia
257:San Jeronimo Fort
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202:official estimate
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1248:Mariato District
1218:Montijo District
1208:La Mesa District
1203:Cañazas District
1198:Calobre District
1193:Atalaya District
1102:Guararé District
1046:Herrera Province
988:Chagres District
892:Gualaca District
872:Boquete District
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1160:Chimán District
1150:Balboa District
1142:Panamá Province
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1132:Tonosí District
1122:Pedasí District
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1074:Parita District
1054:Chitré District
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922:Tolé District
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862:Barú District
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483:Palmas Bellas
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90:Coordinates:
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1069:Ocú District
1002:
960:Olá District
754:Santa Isabel
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574:Puerto Pilón
524:Barrio Norte
513:
473:La Encantada
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341:Black Christ
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759:Viento Frío
694:Isla Grande
534:Buena Vista
324:Isla Grande
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624:El Guásimo
594:Santa Rosa
549:Colón City
529:Barrio Sur
355:References
178:Population
704:Portobelo
629:Río Indio
584:Salamanca
579:Sabanitas
554:Cristóbal
441:Capital:
345:penitence
310:(capital)
293:Portobelo
285:Portobelo
239:Portobelo
208:Time zone
159:Portobelo
1301:Category
739:Palenque
589:San Juan
544:Ciricito
468:El Guabo
144:Province
31:District
744:Palmira
729:Miramar
689:Garrote
684:Cacique
559:Escobal
463:Achiote
335:Culture
319:Garrote
314:Cacique
249:History
155:Capital
125:Country
100:79°39′W
724:Cuango
539:Cativá
235:Panama
199:
186:10,581
137:Panama
134:
97:9°33′N
619:Gobea
564:Limón
493:Salud
444:Colón
213:UTC-5
488:Piña
225:The
165:Area
217:ETZ
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