Salt Creek, Panama

Salt Creek
Quebrada Sal
Town
Salt Creek
Coordinates: 9°17′N 82°6′W / 9.283°N 82.100°W / 9.283; -82.100Coordinates: 9°17′N 82°6′W / 9.283°N 82.100°W / 9.283; -82.100
Country  Panama
Province Bocas del Toro
District Bocas del Toro
Time zone ETZ (UTC-5)

Salt Creek (in Spanish: Quebrada Sal) is a Ngöbe Buglé village located on the southeastern end of Bastimentos island, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Province and District of Panama.

The community consists of about 60 houses, an elementary school, handcrafts and general stores. The villagers depend mostly on their canoes for fishing and transportation although the village is slowly developing together with the whole archipelago.[1]

References

  1. D. Firestone, Matthew & Regis St. Louis (2007), Panama, Lonely Planet, p. 231, ISBN 978-1-74104-552-9


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