Sobiaquirú

Sobiaquirú ("Good Heart" in the local es la legua Eyabida dialect)^[1] is an [[EYABIDA] village in Darién Province, Panama. It is located along the Tuira River upstream of the village of RIO TUIRA, and within the [[Corregimientos DE Paya] of that same name. It is not served by any paved roads.^[2][3] It is about a nine hour boat ride from Yaviza.^[4]

Sobiaquirú
Village
Country	Panama
Province	Darién
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
Climate	Am

A 2007 news report stated that the village had 243 residents.^[1]

References

1. Bethancourt, Grisel (21 April 2007). Desamparo que mata, Panamá América
2. (1 August 2018). Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage, Mongabay (photo caption: "Dawn on the Tuira River, near the Eyabida village of Sobiaquiru Panama, a few miles from the border with Colombia.")
3. (1 March 2018). ARAP participa de Gira Interinstitucional en Sobiaquirú, provincia de Darién, La Autoridad de Recursos Acuáticos de Panamá (Translated sentence from Spanish: "The place of destination was the indigenous population of Sobiaquirú located in Alto Tuira of the Corregimiento of Boca de Cupe, province of Darién.")
4. (20 April 2007). Darién, abandonada, La Prensa (in Spanish) (Translated excerpt: "Getting to the Sobiaquirú community, in the province of Darién, takes nine hours by boat from Yaviza; there are no doctors and food is scarce.")

7.89957°N 77.52876°W / 7.89957; -77.52876