Portobelo
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city, seaport, fortification, UNESCO World Heritage Site
The "beautiful port" named by Columbus in 1502 when he stopped here on his fourth voyage. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries it was an important silver-exporting port in New Granada on the Spanish Main and one of the ports on the route of the Spanish treasure fleets.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portobelo,_Colón
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 9°33'10"N 79°39'10"W
- Colón 35 km
- Panama City 42 km
- Arraiján 65 km
- Chorrera 74 km
- Santiago 217 km
- Ciudad de David, Chiriqui 332 km
- San Isidro de El General 448 km
- Cartago, Costa Rica 474 km
- San José 499 km
- Tumaco 865 km
- Pedra Pelada 9 km
- Juan Joaquin 10 km
- Los Fallarones (Islands) 10 km
- Cayo Cabra 12 km
- Transbordador 13 km
- Isla Grande 13 km
- Isla Grande Lighthouse 14 km
- Isla Plata 16 km
- Isla Oro 17 km
- Playa Damas 21 km
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