Portobelo District
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Portobelo District | |
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  Portobelo District Location of the district capital in Panama | |
| Coordinates: 9°33′N 79°39′W / 9.550°N 79.650°W | |
| Country |  Panama |
| Province | Colón Province |
| Capital | Portobelo |
| Area | |
• Total | 153 sq mi (397 km2) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 10,581 |
| • Density | 69/sq mi (27/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (ETZ) |
The Portobelo District[2] is one of the districts that make up the Colón Province, Panama. It covers an area of 397 km2, and the latest official estimate of population (for 2019) is 10,581.[3] The district capital is the town of Portobelo, the Spanish roadstead on the coast of Panama which replaced the original settlement of Nombre de Dios.
The site on which to found Portobelo was discovered on November 2, 1502, by Admiral Christopher Columbus, on his fourth voyage aboard the Santa Maria thinking he had found Kataya step.
It was founded on March 20, 1597, by Francisco Velarde and Markets, replacing the city of Nombre de Dios, since it was disabled by your weather conditions. In this prosperous village was deposited all the gold from the Spanish colonies in South America. The gold from Peru, loaded on mules across the Camino de Cruces from Panama City to the town of sales and then transported by boat on the Rio Chagres to Portobelo, where they were shipped to Panama, re-embarked for Spain.
He was also famous for its fairs, which lasted for forty (40) days. The first fair was launched in the year 1606 in the name of God and then were moved to Portobelo, by position. The last show was in the year of 1739.
