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Panamá Oeste (Spanish pronunciation: [panaˈma oˈeste]; English: West Panama) is the newest province in Panama. It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal on 1 January 2014. [2] The capital is La Chorrera.
Rank Region HDI (2022) Very high human development 1: Panamá: 0.852 2: Colón: 0.829 – Panama 0.820: 3: Chiriquí: 0.819 Herrera: 5: Los Santos: 0.814 High human development
The provinces of Panama and some of the comarcas are divided into districts (distrito).The district are further divided into corregimientos of Panama.. More than 50% of the country's population resides in the districts of Panama, San Miguelito, Arraijan, Chorrera, and Colon.
There are no zip codes in Panama. Some electronic forms have difficulties with this. They will not let you submit your address without a zip code. In that case, put 5 zeros for the zip code. [1] There are however private postal codes which identify specific PO Boxes these consists of four numeric digits.
A map of Panama. Panama City, Panama's capital city. Colón City, capital of the Colón province. David, capital of the Chiriquí province. La Chorrera, capital of the Panamá Oeste province. Santiago, capital of the Veraguas province. This is a list of cities in Panama.
In July 2022, protests broke out in Panama. They were reportedly triggered by rising inflation, corruption, and a cost of living crisis. [4] The economy has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. [5] On 18 July, Panama City saw the country's largest protest. [6]
Panama is divided into ten provinces (Spanish: provincias) and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often shortened to comarcas). There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).
In Panama, a corregimiento is a subdivision of a district, which in turn is a subdivision of a province. It is the smallest administrative division level in the country; which is further subdivided into populated places/centres.