pop (2000e) 51 000; area 16 803 km²/6486 sq mi. Province of E Panama, bounded SE by Colombia and W by the Gulf of Panama; capital, La Palma; chief towns, Yaviza and El Real; attempted settlement by the Scots in the 1690s (the Darién Scheme) is still remembered in local place-names such as Punta de Escoces and Caledonia Bay.
Darien may refer to:
In or associated with the Panama/Colombia area:
Darién Province, Panama Santa María la Antigua del Darién, the town founded by Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama in 1510 Darién scheme, a disastrous campaign by the Company of Scotland to found a Scottish colony in Panama in the 17th c. Darién National Park, Panama Darién Gap, an area straddling the border of Panama and Colombia Gulf of Darién, a gulf of the Caribbean Sea extending into Colombia near the border with Panama Darién, a brand of bananas distributed in the United States by Colombian company TurbanaIn the United States of America:
Darien, Connecticut Darien, Georgia Darien, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago Darien, New York Darien (town), Wisconsin Darien, Wisconsin, a village the town of DarienOther:
Darien, the former transliteration of the name of Dalian in China Darien, the anglicized name of Chiba Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask) in the Sailor Moon anime| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. |
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