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Bayano River

Coordinates: 9°8′59.5″N 78°19′23.7″W / 9.149861°N 78.323250°W / 9.149861; -78.323250
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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

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  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.
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9°8′59.5″N 78°19′23.7″W / 9.149861°N 78.323250°W / 9.149861; -78.323250


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