Escoria

Escoria was an Indigenous chiefdom in the lowlands of central Panama, near the Santa María River and the Gulf of Parita. Its principal settlement was protected by palisades, and the surrounding lands held a substantial population. In the early sixteenth century the chiefdom encountered Spanish expeditions advancing westward along the Pacific side of the isthmus. Its ruler was connected by marriage to the neighboring lord of Parita, whose people also faced the invading forces.

The later city of Santiago de Veraguas lies here.