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The indigenous peoples of Panama, also known as Native Panamanians, are the original inhabitants of Panama, is the Native peoples whose history in the territory of today's Panama predates Spanish colonization. As of the 2010 census, Indigenous peoples constitute 12.3% of Panama’s population of 3.4 million, totaling just over 418,000 individuals.
The Emberá language is not a single language but a group of mutually-intelligible languages spoken throughout Panamá and Colombia. Along with Wounmeu, they are the only extant members of the Chocó language family and not known to be related to any other language family of Central or South America, although in the past relationships have been proposed with the Carib, Arawak, and Chibchan ...
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).
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 Panama Canal is an 82-km (51-mile) artificial waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through Panama, saving ships thousands of miles and weeks of travel around the stormy, icy ...
Postal codes in Panama were introduced in 2007. [1] The postal code consists of four numeric digits. The first two digits represent the province or provincial-level indigenous region .
[10] By boat, going from the most southeastern point, Puerto Obaldia, to the most northwestern point, Gaigirgordub, is a bit more than 100 miles. The region lies on the north coast of Panama, situated east of the Panama canal, but also nearby the border into Colombia. It is situated conveniently near canal routes, and is a well known area for ...
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.