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Encyclopedia > Provinces and regions of Panama
A map of Panama, showing its nine provinces and three provincial-level comarcas indígenas (indigenous regions).
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A map of Panama, showing its nine provinces and three provincial-level comarcas indígenas (indigenous regions).
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Panama is divided into nine provinces (Spanish: provincias) and three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often foreshortened to comarcas). This page lists presidents of Panama since 1903. ... Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino (born 18 July 1963, in Panama City) is a Panamanian politician and the current President of Panama. ... The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional), formerly the Legislative Assembly, is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Panama. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Elections in Panama gives information on election and election results in Panama. ... The Panama Canal expansion referendum is a referendum on the Panama Canal Expansion Proposal sheduled to be held in Panama on October 22, 2006. ... Panama is divided into 9 provinces (in Spanish, provincias) and 3 provincial-level indigenous territories (comarcas indígenas, or simply comarcas). ... The Panama Canal Authority (Spanish: Autoridad del Canal de Panamá, or ACP) is the agency of the government of Panama responsible for the operation and management of the Panama Canal. ... Panama is a member of the UN General Assembly and most major UN agencies and has served three terms as a member of the UN Security Council. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Province is a name for a subnational entity. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...


There are two further comarcas within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).



The nine provinces are:

Province Capital
Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro
Chiriquí David
Coclé Penonomé
Colón Colón
Darién La Palma
Herrera Chitré
Los Santos Las Tablas
Panamá Panamá
Veraguas Santiago de Veraguas


The three provincial-level comarcas (indicated by shading on the map above) are: In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Bocas del Toro is a province of Panama. ... Bocas del Toro is the capital of the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro. ... Chiriquí is a province of Panama. ... David is a city in southwestern Panama on the Pan-American Highway. ... Coclé is a province of central Panama on the nations southern coast. ... Penonomé is the capital of the Panamanian province of Coclé. Penonomé is located on the Chiguirí River in central Coclé. The origin of the name of this town comes from the words penó Nomé. Nome was a chief of a local native American tribe, who was put to death by... Colón is a province of Panama. ... Colón as seen from the ocean in January 2000 Colón is a sea port city on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. ... Darién is a province in eastern Panama. ... La Palma is the capital of Darién province of eastern Panama. ... Herrera is a province in Panamá. It was created in 1930 from Los Santos province. ... Chitré is the capital of the Panamanian province Herrera. ... Los Santos is a province of Panama. ... Las Tablas is the capital of the Panamanian province of Los Santos. ... Panamá is a province in Panamá. The capital is the city of Panamá. The current governor of the province is Erich Rodríguez Auerbach. ... This article is about the capital of Panama. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Santiago de Veraguas is the capital of the Panamanian province Veraguas. ...

Comarca Capital
Emberá Union Choco
Kuna Yala El Porvenir
Ngöbe-Buglé Chichica


The two sub-provincial comarcas are: Emberá is an indigenous territory (a. ... Kuna Yala is an autonomous territory or comarca in Panama, inhabited by the Kuna indigenous people. ... El Porvenir is the capital of the Panamanian comarca (indigenous territory) of Kuna Yala. ... Ngöble-Buglé is a comarca (roughly, county) in Panamá. It was formed in 1997 with lands from the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Veraguas. ... Chichica is the capital of the Panamanian comarca (indigenous territory) of Ngöbe-Buglé. Categories: | | | ...

Comarca Province
Kuna de Madugandí Panamá
Kuna de Wargandí Darién



Kuna de Madugandi is a comarca in Panamá. It was created in 1996 from the east part of the province of Panamá, in the district of Chepo. ... Kuna de Wargandí is a comarca (indigenous territory) in Panamá. It was created in 2000 from the province of Darién, from the district of Pinogana. ...

Provinces of Panama Flag of Panama
Bocas del Toro • Chiriquí • Coclé • Colón • Darién • Herrera • Los Santos • Panamá • Veraguas
Comarcas: Emberá • Kuna de Madugandí • Kuna de Wargandí • Kuna Yala • Ngöbe-Buglé


 

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