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Boquete

Chiriqui Province had its 160th anniversary in 2009, and Boquete will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011. The District of Boquete covers over 484 kilometers (300 miles) and has approximately 20,000 residents, with more than 1,000 of those being foreign residents from around the world.

In 1916, just 5 years after the official inauguration of Boquete as a District of Chiriqui Province, the serene life of Boquete was changed forever with the arrival of a powerful locomotive that redefined life in the Valley. The railroad operated until 1949.

Soon after that the new highway from David took over in accelerating the growth of the Valley.  By 1930 electricity became common in the populated areas,

Pictures of Boquete Panama

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