Provinces 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]

A map of Panama showing its ten provinces and four provincial-level comarcas indígenas (indigenous regions).

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

Provinces
ISO 3166-2ProvinceCapitalArea[1]
(km2)		Population[1]
(2010 census)		Density
(inh./km2)
PA-1Bocas del ToroBocas del Toro4,657.2125,46126.9
PA-2CocléPenonomé4,949.6233,70847.2
PA-3ColónColón4,575.5241,92852.9
PA-4ChiriquíDavid6,490.9416,87364.2
PA-5DariénLa Palma11,892.548,3784.1
PA-6HerreraChitré2,362.0109,95546.6
PA-7Los SantosLas Tablas3,809.489,59223.5
PA-8PanamáPanama City8,409.31,249,032148.5
PA-9VeraguasSantiago de Veraguas10,587.5226,99121.4
PA-10Panamá OesteLa Chorrera2,880.1464,038161.1
Comarcas indígenas
PA-EMEmberáUnión Chocó4,393.910,0012.3
PA-KYGuna YalaEl Porvenir2,358.233,10914.0
PA-NBNgäbe-BugléChichica6,814.2156,74723.0

Sub-Provinces
ComarcaProvinceArea[1]
(km2)		Population[1]
(2010 census)		Density
(inh./km2)
Kuna de MadungandíPanamá2,075.94,2712.1
Kuna de WargandíDarién956.41,9142.0

Notes
  1. In Panama, the comarca indígena is an administrative region for an area with a substantial indigenous population.

References
  1. "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.


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