Isla Palenque

Isla Palenque is a pre-Columbian archaeological site on a 400-acre (1.6 km²) island in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama, near the Costa Rica border[1]. The island has 8 km (5 mi) of coastline and over 1.6 km (1 mi) of beaches[1]. Most of the island is covered with mature tropical forest, along with mangroves, lagoons, and littoral forest[1].

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryPanama
Coordinates8.1807° N, 82.2529° W

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