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The objective of this work is focused on presenting an assessment of the coastal vulnerability of the West Panama sector. For this purpose, the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) proposed by Thieler (2000) was used, based on reports made by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This index uses: historical rate of coastal erosion, geomorphology, relative rates of rise in sea level, coastal slope, wave height, tidal range and any indicator that is incorporated; These elements are of vital importance for the determination of the coastal vulnerability, and therefore in the simulation of scenarios that will be affected by Climate Change through the Rise of the Sea Level. The preliminary results obtained in this work were subjected to tests validity and show that the coasts in front of Punta Chame are the most vulnerable in the West Panama sector