Sobiaquirú ("Good Heart" in the local es la legua Eyabida dialect)[1] is an [[EYABIDA] village in Darién Province, Panama. It is located along the Tuira River upstream of the village of RIO TUIRA, and within the [[Corregimientos DE Paya] of that same name. It is not served by any paved roads.[2][3] It is about a nine hour boat ride from Yaviza.[4]
Sobiaquirú | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Darién |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| Climate | Am |
A 2007 news report stated that the village had 243 residents.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Bethancourt, Grisel (21 April 2007). Desamparo que mata, Panamá América
- ^ (1 August 2018). Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage, Mongabay (photo caption: "Dawn on the Tuira River, near the Eyabida village of Sobiaquiru Panama, a few miles from the border with Colombia.")
- ^ (1 March 2018). ARAP participa de Gira Interinstitucional en Sobiaquirú, provincia de Darién, La Autoridad de Recursos Acuáticos de Panamá (Translated sentence from Spanish: "The place of destination was the indigenous population of Sobiaquirú located in Alto Tuira of the Corregimiento of Boca de Cupe, province of Darién.")
- ^ (20 April 2007). Darién, abandonada, La Prensa (in Spanish) (Translated excerpt: "Getting to the Sobiaquirú community, in the province of Darién, takes nine hours by boat from Yaviza; there are no doctors and food is scarce.")
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