Isla Contadora

Isla Contadora (or Contadora Island in English) is a Panamanian island on the Pearl Islands archipielago ("Spanish: Archipielago de las Perlas") in the Gulf of Panama. A popular tourist destination, Contadora has a regional/domestic airport (IATA code: OTD), and has regular flights to and from Panama City and the rest of the islands in the archipielago.

History

Contadora was where the Spanish would count the pearls from their harvesting operations in Panama, hence the name of the island.

In 1980, the Iranian shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, briefly lived in Contadora in the period from his exile from power until his death. The Contadora Peace Accords, which laid the foundation for peace in Central America, were negotiated in this island during the 1980s. Hence the Contadora Group owes their name from the island's name.