Huista

Huista was an Indigenous province on the Pacific coast of Chiriquí, in western Panama. Spanish expeditions reached this coast in the early sixteenth century as they extended their search for wealth and provisions westward from Panama. The chroniclers record that Gaspar de Espinosa came to Huista during his expedition and loaded a ship there with maize for the return journey. Its inhabitants were among the communities whose lives were changed by the Spanish advance along the coast.