Cerro Punta is a small city in the western highlands of Panama,
in the province of Chiriquí. Cerro Punta's altitude is 6,500 feet (2,000
metres) above sea level just south of the Continental Divide. Many of the
inhabitants of the village and the surrounding areas are indigenous Native
Americans. The climate, like the rest of Panama, is tropical with a short dry
season and rainy season that extends about 9 – 10 months of the year. Night
time temperatures are often cool due to Cerro Punta's relatively high
elevation. During the 1970s much of the land was used for cultivating
strawberries; households also
