Salt Creek, Panama Explained

Salt Creek
Native Name:Quebrada Sal
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Panama
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bocas del Toro
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bocas del Toro
Timezone:ETZ
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:9.2833°N -88°W

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]

Notes and References

  1. D. Firestone, Matthew & Regis St. Louis (2007), Panama, Lonely Planet, p. 231,