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Provinces and Indigenous regions of Panama
Provincias y regiones indígenas de Panamá (Spanish)
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Panama
Number10 Provinces
3 Indigenous Regions
Populations(Provinces):48,378 (Darién) – 1,410,175 (Panamá)
(Indigenous Regions): 10,001 (Emberá) - 156,747 (Ngäbe-Buglé)
Areas(Provinces):2,362.0 km2 (912.0 sq mi) (Herrera) – 11,892.5 km2 (4,591.7 sq mi) (Darién)
(Indigenous Regions) 4,393.9 km2 (1,696.5 sq mi) (Emberá) - 6,814.2 km2 (2,631.0 sq mi) (Ngäbe-Buglé)
Government
Subdivisions

Panama is divided into ten provinces (Spanish: provincias). There are three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often foreshortened to comarcas).

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

Provinces

A map of Panama showing its ten provinces and three provincial-level comarcas indígenas (indigenous regions).
Province Capital Area (km2) Population
(2010 census)
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Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro 4,657.2 125,461
Chiriquí David 6,490.9 416,873
Coclé Penonomé 4,949.6 233,708
Colón Colón 4,575.5 241,928
Darién La Palma 11,892.5 48,378
Herrera Chitré 2,362.0 109,955
Los Santos Las Tablas 3,809.4 89,592
Panamá Panama City 9,166.4 1,410,175
Veraguas Santiago de Veraguas 10,587.5 226,991
Panamá Oeste La Chorrera 2,786.1 464,038

Indigenous

Comarcas

Comarca Capital Area (km2) Population
(2010 census)
Flag
Emberá Union Choco 4,393.9 10,001 File:Flag of Embera-Wounaan.png
Kuna Yala El Porvenir 2,358.2 33,109
Ngäbe-Buglé Chichica 6,814.2 156,747

Sub-Provinces

Comarca Province Area (km2) Population
(2010 census)
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Kuna de Madugandí Panamá 2,318.8 4,350
Kuna de Wargandí Darién 755 809

See also

Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries