Acla (exact location unknown)

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Acla was a short-lived early 16th-century Spanish colonial settlement on the Caribbean coast of present-day Panama, known primarily as the site where explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was tried and executed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial settlement
historical place
approximateAbolitionCentury 16th century
approximateEstablishmentCentury 16th century
approximateEstablishmentDecade 1510s
archaeologicalStatus unlocated site
associatedWithPerson Pedro Arias Dávila NERFINISHED
Vasco Núñez de Balboa NERFINISHED
category Former populated places in Panama
History of Panama
Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED
coastType Caribbean coast NERFINISHED
colonialPower Spain NERFINISHED
continent North America
countryDuringExistence Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
exactLocationKnown false
governedBy Spanish colonial authorities
governorInvolvedInBalboaTrial Pedro Arias Dávila NERFINISHED
hasEvent execution of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
trial of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
knownFor execution of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
trial of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
languageOfAdministration Spanish
legalStatus colonial administrative settlement
locatedIn Caribbean coast of present-day Panama
locatedOn Caribbean Sea
namedInHistoricalSources true
partOf Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
presentDayCountry Panama NERFINISHED
primaryHistoricalSignificance site of trial and execution of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
regionHistorically Castilla de Oro NERFINISHED
shortLived true
timePeriod early 16th century

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa placeOfBurial Acla (exact location unknown)