Narasgandub Bipi

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'''Narasgandup Bipi''' is a small island off the northeast coast of [[Panama]]. The name means '''Naranjos Chicos''' or ''Small Oranges '' in the [[Guna]] language. Despite its name, there are only few orange trees left and the local population has instead cultivated [[Coconut|Coconuts]] Its larger neighbor island is [[Narbagandub Dummad]], meaning '''Big Oranges'''. The island is located in the archipelago of the [[San Blas Islands]] in the autonomous [[Guna Yala]] region, located between the [[Panama Canal]] and the border of [[Colombia]]. The inhabitants are the [[Guna people]], a [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]] ethnic group that originally inhabited Panama and Northern Columbia before the arrival of the [Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish colonizers]]. The [[Guna language]] is part of the [[Chibchan languages|Chibchan language]] family.

Like all San Blas islands, Narasgandup Bipi is administered by the [[Guna Yala]] Congress.

A local elder, Marcus Robinson, planted most of the island's [[Coconut|Coconut tree]] forest over the last 70 yearsOral history by Robinson and other families who live on the island, recorded in 2026; this forest takes up about 30% of the island. The local economy is a mixture of [[Ecotourism]], Coconut agriculture, and fishing{{Cite web |date=2015-11-11 |title=Naranjo Chico Island {{!}} Kuna / Guna YalaIsla Naranjo Chico {{!}} Kuna / Guna Yala |url=https://sanblaskunayala.com/?lang=en,%20https://sanblaskunayala.com/?lang=en,%20https://sanblaskunayala.com/?lang=en |access-date=2026-06-21 |language=en-US}}. About 20 tourism-specific huts are available to approx. 70 tourists who can visit the island while living in close quarters with their indigenous Guna hosts. The huts feature regular beds, are mostly built of bamboo walls and thatched with coconut fronds, and use the island's natural hard sand as their floors.

The island has actively growing coral reefs on its Western, Eastern and Northern sides. Like most other small Kuna Yala islands, Narasgandup Bipi is too small to have a school for its local children, so they take boats daily during school season to study at the larger town of [[Urgandi]] on the adjacent Rio Sidra island.

==See also==

• [[Narbagandub Dummad]]

• [[San Blas Rebellion]]

• [[Guna Yala]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Populated places in Guna Yala]]

[[Category:Caribbean islands of Panama]]