Provinces of Panama
first-level administrative divisions of Panama
Panama is divided into ten provinces (Spanish: provincias). There are three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often shortened to comarcas). [N 1]
There are also two indigenous comarcas within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).
Provinces
change| ISO 3166-2 | Province | Capital | Area[1] (km2) |
Population[1] (2010 census) |
Density (inh./km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA-1 | Bocas del Toro | Bocas del Toro | 4,657.2 | 125,461 | 26.9 |
| PA-2 | Coclé | Penonomé | 4,949.6 | 233,708 | 47.2 |
| PA-3 | Colón | Colón | 4,575.5 | 241,928 | 52.9 |
| PA-4 | Chiriquí | David | 6,490.9 | 416,873 | 64.2 |
| PA-5 | Darién | La Palma | 11,892.5 | 48,378 | 4.1 |
| PA-6 | Herrera | Chitré | 2,362.0 | 109,955 | 46.6 |
| PA-7 | Los Santos | Las Tablas | 3,809.4 | 89,592 | 23.5 |
| PA-8 | Panamá | Panama City | 8,409.3 | 1,249,032 | 148.5 |
| PA-9 | Veraguas | Santiago de Veraguas | 10,587.5 | 226,991 | 21.4 |
| PA-10 | Panamá Oeste | La Chorrera | 2,880.1 | 464,038 | 161.1 |
| Comarcas indígenas | |||||
| PA-EM | Emberá | Unión Chocó | 4,393.9 | 10,001 | 2.3 |
| PA-KY | Guna Yala | El Porvenir | 2,358.2 | 33,109 | 14.0 |
| PA-NB | Ngäbe-Buglé | Chichica | 6,814.2 | 156,747 | 23.0 |
Sub-Provinces
change| Comarca | Province | Area[1] (km2) |
Population[1] (2010 census) |
Density (inh./km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guna de Madungandí | Panamá | 2,075.9 | 4,271 | 2.1 |
| Guna de Wargandí | Darién | 956.4 | 1,914 | 2.0 |
Related pages
changeNotes
change- ↑ In Panama, the comarca indígena is an administrative region for an area with a substantial indigenous population.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cuadro 11. Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República, según Provincia, Comarca indígena, Distrito y Corregimiento: Censos de 1990, 2000 y 2010". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Contraloría General de la República de Panamá. Retrieved 11 November 2016.