Chuchures

The Chuchures were an Indigenous group settled near Nombre de Dios on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Accounts of the early Spanish period describe them as having come by sea from Honduras and speaking a language different from that of their neighbors. Their arrival illustrates the long maritime journeys made by Indigenous people along the Caribbean coast before and during the early years of conquest. Nombre de Dios later became an important Spanish port on the route across the isthmus.

The later city of Colón lies here.