RELATED INFORMATION
Boquete was founded April 11th,
1911. In Spanish, the word ‘Boquete’ means a gap or opening. It was
precisely this gap in the Continental Divide that provided travelers, in the
1850’s, a more northerly short cut to the Pacific, en route to the
goldfields around San Francisco.
Many of those first explorers returned to settle here. They included the
Swiss, Yugoslavs, Swedish, Germans and North Americans who predominated.
More are moving in, with Boquete’s population, spread over some 500 sq. km.
now pushing 18,000.
Volcanic soil predominates the area, having once emanated from the now
dormant, Volcan Baru. Otherwise, the highlands around Boquete comprise
colluvial and sedimentary soil.
Our indigenous people, the Ngöbe-Buglé, or Guaymies, live in their nearby
Comarca and in the hills around Boquete. They supply the low-cost labor
required by local coffee farms and plantations.
Two rivers run through Boquete; the Rio Cochea, and the Rio Caldera, which
flows through the town center. Their waters provide sustenance for an
abundance of oranges, grapefruit and other local fruits and flowers,
including the ubiquitous novia (impatiens), lily, hibiscus, orchids,
carnations and sunflowers, among others.
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