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Coiba

A prison island turned World Heritage park.

Penal colony
1919–2004
National park
1992

Then

  1. 1919

    A penal colony is built on Coiba.

  2. 1992

    Coiba National Park is created.

  3. 2004

    The prison closes.

  4. 2005

    The park becomes a World Heritage Site.

Now

Scarlet macaws still thrive here. This place covers Isla Cebaco and Bahía Honda on the Veraguas coast.

2 tide stations around Coiba

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