Sobiaquirú Explained
| Sobiaquirú |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Panama |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Panama |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Darién |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | −5 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Am |
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]
A 2007 news report stated that the village had 243 residents.[1]
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Notes and References
- 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.")
