Provinces and Regions
Panama is divided into nine provinces (Spanish: provincias) and three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often foreshortened to comarcas). There are two further comarcas within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).
The nine provinces (with their capitals in parentheses) are:
- Bocas del Toro (Bocas del Toro)
- Chiriquí (David)
- Coclé (Penonomé)
- Colón (Colón)
- Darién (La Palma)
- Herrera (Chitré)
- Los Santos (Las Tablas)
- Panamá (Panamá)
- Veraguas (Santiago de Veraguas)
Map of Panama showing its nine provinces and three provincial-level comarcas indígenas (indigenous regions)
The three provincial-level comarcas and their capitals (indicated by shading on the map) are:
- Emberá (Union Choco)
- Kuna Yala (El Porvenir)
- Ngöbe-Buglé (Llano Tugri)
The two sub-provincial comarcas and their capitals are:
- Kuna de Madugandí (Panamá)
- Kuna de Wargandí (Darién)