Bayano River

Bayano River is a river of Panama in the Panamá Province. It is an alternative name for the upper part of the Chepo River.

It is named after Bayano, the leader of a slave revolt and ruler of a kingdom of former slaves in 16th century Panama.[1]

It was dammed in the 1970s, creating Lago Bayano. This dam provides much of the electrical power for Panama City.

References
  1. Pike, Ruth (2007). "Black Rebels: The Cimarrons of Sixteenth-Century Panama". The Americas. 64 (2): 243–266. doi:10.1353/tam.2007.0161. ISSN 0003-1615. JSTOR 30139087. S2CID 143773521.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.