Cartí Sugtupu

Cartí Sugtupu
Carti Suitopo
Cartí Sugtupu
Coordinates: 9°28′12″N 78°57′40″W / 9.47000°N 78.96111°W / 9.47000; -78.96111Coordinates: 9°28′12″N 78°57′40″W / 9.47000°N 78.96111°W / 9.47000; -78.96111
Country Panama
Province Guna Yala
Population (2008)
 • Total 1 171
Carti Sugtupu.
View from Carti Sugtupu

Cartí Sugtupu is an island village in the San Blas Archipelago in the Guna Yala province of Panama. The village is one of four populated Carti Islands, and it lies 1 mile (2 km) off the northern coast of Panama. Carti Tupile is another of the island villages.[1][2] The island is densly populated and houses a small harbour and a museum.

Cartí Sugtupu can be reached by boat from the nearby onshore settlement of Carti and the Carti Airstrip, which both are connected to the main Panamanian road network. The other island groups of San Blas archipelago, including El Porvenir, Cayos Limones, and Cayos Holandeses, can be reached by taxiboat.

Sources

  1. ↑ Huffington Post
  2. ↑ Carti Island Nautical Chart
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