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Bocas del Toro
An island town Columbus called Isla del Drago.
- Columbus
- 1502
- Province
- 159,228 (2023)
Then
- 1502
Columbus visits while hunting for a passage to the Pacific.
Now
Bocas Town, on Colón Island, is the province capital, and tourism is about 95 percent of the local economy. The tide station is on Almirante Bay.