Solarte Island
Native name: Isla Solarte | |
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| File:Bocas del Toro Archipelago map.png Bocas del Toro Archipelago | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Archipelago | Bocas del Toro Archipelago |
| Area | 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Bocas del Toro |
| District | Bocas del Toro |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 285 |
Solarte Island (in Spanish: Isla Solarte), also known as Nancy's Cay,[1] (in Spanish: Cayo Nancy) is an 8 km2 island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The two hundred Ngöbe Buglé fishing community lives on the island without electricity or telephone system, capturing water from a well.[2]
A medical facility, later known as Hospital Point (in Spanish: Punta Hospital), was built upon a hill on the western end of the island by the United Fruit Company[3] for treatment of patients with yellow fever and malaria in 1899[4] but it was decommissioned and moved to Almirante in 1920.[2]
Environment
[edit | edit source]The island is part of the Bocas del Toro Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of white-crowned pigeons and three-wattled bellbirds.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Perilla, Jisel (2008), Frommer's Panama, Frommers, p. 281, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Woods, Sarah (2009), Bradt Panama, Bradt Travel Guides p. 284-5, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- ^ Butterman, Miriam (2010), Moon Living Abroad in Panama, Avalon Travel Publishing, p. 334, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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