Panamá Province
San Miguelito District
Omar Torrijos

Bahá’í House of Worship

The history of the Baháʼí Faith in Panama begins with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the Baháʼí Faith, in the book Tablets of the Divine Plan, published in 1919; the same year, Martha Root made a trip around South America and included on the return leg of the trip up the west coast.
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  • Type: Bahá’í temple
  • Description: aspect of history
  • Also known as: “Bahá’í Faith in Panama”, “Bahá’í Haus der Andacht”, and “Baháʼí Faith in Panama”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Isidro metro station and Los Andes metro station.

Metro station
Photo: José Chuito, CC BY 4.0.
San Isidro is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 15 August 2015 as the northern terminus of an extension of Line 1 from . On 25 April 2024, the line was extended to Villa Zaita, and San Isidro ceased to be the terminus. is situated 800 metres northeast of Bahá’í House of Worship.

Metro station
Photo: José Chuito, CC BY 4.0.
Los Andes is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. It was one of the first 11 stations when the metro was opened on 5 April 2014 and began operations on the following day. is situated 1½ km southeast of Bahá’í House of Worship.

Metro station
Photo: Fernandofrancisco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pan de Azúcar is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. It was one of the first 11 stations when the metro was opened on 5 April 2014 and began operations on the following day. is situated 2½ km southeast of Bahá’í House of Worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Miguelito District and Metropolitan Natural Park.

Suburb
Photo: Fernandofrancisco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Miguelito is a city and district of in . The population according to the 2000 census was 293,745; the latest official estimate is 375,409. is situated 3 km east of Bahá’í House of Worship.

Photo: kalium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a protected natural area that is entirely within , the capital of . It is the only national park in Latin America that is within a major city.

Quarter
Photo: 123Hollic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in , , located in the township of near the border of . It features underground wiring, some residential areas which are gated, a separate plant for processing waste water, etc. is situated 8 km southeast of Bahá’í House of Worship.

Bahá’í House of Worship

Latitude
9.0592° or 9° 3′ 33″ north
Longitude
-79.51838° or 79° 31′ 6″ west
Open location code
67X23F5J+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 174734006
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4843028
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bahá’í House of Worship” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البهائية في بنما”
  • Russian: “бахаи в Панаме”
  • Spanish: “Templo Baha’i”
  • Turkish: “Panama’da Bahailik”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bahá’í House of Worship”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.