Almirante was built by the United Fruit Company at the beginning of the 20th century as a port for its banana exports, the area consisted of landfills on swamps; host UFCO main offices until the year 1970.

Almirante has a land area of 95.4 square kilometres (36.8 sq mi) and average altitude of 15 meters; and it´s surrounded by the Ambrossian Bight with calm waters.

[1] Since Bocas del Toro Province has a vast indigenous population, they also migrated to Almirante replacing blacks as the major ethnic group.

Currently the main economic activities are agricultural: cocoa crops, bananas and livestock; operations in the Port of Almirante have been reduced to a minimum, causing many to move to Panama City or mining projects in Coclé Province in search of new job sources.

The United Fruit Company and later Chiquita operated a now-abandoned narrow gauge railway that transported bananas between Changuonola plantations and Port Almirante.