Bocas del Toro

Bocas del Toro is a town in the of . The town has an interesting mix of islanders, expats and backpackers and is the most developed in the region.
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  • Type: City with 6,710 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Panama
  • Also known as: “Bocas Town” and “Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro”
  • Postal code: 01001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isla Carenero and Bocas del Toro Isla Colón International Airport.

Photo: hh oldman, CC BY 3.0.
is in the of , in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. It's just across a narrow channel from Bocas Town. The island is known for its relaxed cabana restaurants, sandy beaches, and surfing spots.

Aerodrome
Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is a public airport located 1.5 kilometres northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on Isla Colón in the of .

Bocas del Toro

Latitude
9.3403° or 9° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
-82.2418° or 82° 14′ 31″ west
Population
6,710
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
BOC
United Nations Location Code
PA BOC
Open location code
66XV8QR5+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 203998280
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3713959
Wiki­data ID
Q888971
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Bocas del Toro” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቦካስ ደል ቶሮ”
  • Arabic: “بلدة بوكاس، بوكاس ديل تورو”
  • Arabic: “بوكاس ديل تورو”
  • Asturian: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Aymara: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Belarusian: “Бокас-дэль-Тора (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Бокас-дэль-Тора”
  • Bengali: “বোকাস দেল তোরো”
  • Catalan: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Cebuano: “Bocas del Toro (kapital sa lalawigan sa Panama)”
  • Cebuano: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Chinese: “博卡斯德尔托罗”
  • Chinese: “博卡斯镇”
  • Czech: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Danish: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Dutch: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلدة بوكاس”
  • Esperanto: “Bocas del Toro”
  • French: “Bocas del toro”
  • French: “Bocas del Toro”
  • French: “Bocas Del Toro”
  • Georgian: “ბოკას-დელ-ტორო”
  • German: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Hausa: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Hebrew: “בוקאס דל טורו”
  • Hebrew: “בוקאס טאון”
  • Hindi: “बोकास डेल टोरो”
  • Indonesian: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Italian: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Japanese: “ボカス・デル・トーロ”
  • Japanese: “ボカス・デル・トロ”
  • Japanese: “ボカスデルトロ”
  • Javanese: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Kazakh: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Kirghiz: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Korean: “보카스델토로”
  • Ladino: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Lithuanian: “Bokas del Toras”
  • Malay: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bocas del Toro (by)”
  • Norwegian: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Oromo: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੋਕਾਸ ਡੈਲ ਟੋਰੋ”
  • Persian: “بوکاس تاون”
  • Persian: “بوکاس دل تورو”
  • Polish: “Bocas del Toro (miasto)”
  • Polish: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Portuguese: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Portuguese: “Bocas Town”
  • Pushto: “بوکاس ډیل توروه”
  • Russian: “Бокас-дель-Торо (город)”
  • Russian: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bocas del Toro (grad)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Slovak: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Somali: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Spanish: “Bocas del toro (ciudad)”
  • Spanish: “Bocas del Toro (ciudad)”
  • Spanish: “Bocas del Toro (corregimiento de Bocas del Toro)”
  • Spanish: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Spanish: “Bocas Town”
  • Swahili: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Swedish: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Tajik: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Tatar: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Thai: “โบกัสเดลโตโร”
  • Turkish: “Bocas del Toro”
  • Ukrainian: “Бокас-дель-Торо”
  • Urdu: “بوکاس ٹاؤن، بوکاس دیل تورو”
  • Uzbek: “Bocas del Toro”
  • “Bocas del Toro”

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