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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.
[13] In addition to these settled communities, many Emberá now also live in urban areas. According to the 2010 Panamanian National Census, over one third of Panamanian Emberá people live in the central province of Panamá, and over 25% of the total Panamanian Emberá population reside in urban districts of Panama City.
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).
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 .
[13] [14] In Guna philosophy, the albinistic people (or "sipu") were given a special place and are considered a special race of people. [12] They have the specific duty of defending the moon against a dragon which tries to eat it on occasion during a lunar eclipse , and only they are allowed to go outside on the night of a lunar eclipse and to ...
Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect ...
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. [1] Panama map divided in districts
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