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Ethnic Groups In Panama
This is a demography of the population of Panama including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population Panama's population was people in , compared to 860,000 in 1950. The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 29%. 64.5% of the population were aged between 15 and 65, with 6.6% of the population being 65 years or older.Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision


Structure of the population

Structure of the population (1 July 2013) (Estimates - ...
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Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of Eng ...
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Panamá Oeste Province
Panamá Oeste (; "West Panama" in English) is the newest province in Panama. It was created from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a condui ... on 1 January 2014. The capital is La Chorrera. Administrative divisions Panamá Oeste Province is divided into 5 ''distritos'' (districts) and subdivided into 59 '' corregimientos''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama Oeste Province Provinces of Panama ...
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Chitré
Chitré () is a city and corregimiento, the capital of the Panamanian province of Herrera. with a population of 9,092 as of 2010, and a metropolitan area population of 80,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of Chitré District. Chitré is located about 7 km inland from the Gulf of Panama on the Azuero Peninsula. The name Chitré comes from the native tribe Chitra. In the city, there is a district, also called Chitré, which is subdivided into five corregimientos. The corregimientos are San Juan Bautista, Llano Bonito, Monagrillo, La Arena and Chitré. History Chitré was founded on October 19, 1848 as a parochial district (''distrito parroquial''). The Provincial Chamber of Panama ordered in their Article 1, inscription 4 to organize Chitre as a Parroquial District, in the County of Los Santos, this district was to include the towns of Chitré, Monagrillo and La Arena, separate from Los Santos District. Chitré's founders are said to be Ventura Solís, Matías Rodríguez ...
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La Palma, Panama
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on Figure 8 (album), ''Figure 8'' (album) * L.A. (EP), ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * L.A. (Neil Young song), "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * L.A. (Amy Macdonald song), "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River (musician), Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber A ...
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Penonomé District
Penonomé is a district (''distrito'') of Coclé Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 72,448. The district covers a total area of 1700 km2. The capital lies at the city of Penonomé. Penonome is the capital city of the province of Cocle. This province starts in the salt plains and Pacific coast, crosses sugar cane fields and reaches impressive waterfalls and mountain tops where orchids grow. In total, the province of Cocle covers almost 12,000 square kilometers and has a population of over 200,000. The province is the agricultural center for Panama and a producer of sugar, salt, tomatoes, coffee, rice, onions and oranges. Cocle is also a favorite place for travelers and includes the largest beach resorts in the Pacific Ocean, around its coastal areas of more than 100 kilometers. History and Culture The Penonomeña population was established by Diego Lopez de Villanueva y Zapata, Auditor and Prosecutor of the Royal Court of Panama on April ...
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Bocas Town, Bocas Del Toro
Bocas del Toro (), also known colloquially as Bocas Town, is the capital of the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro and the district of Bocas del Toro. It is a town and a tourist resort located on the southern tip of Colón Island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Bocas Town had 12,996 residents in 2008. Bocas del Toro is served by Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport which hosts daily commuter flights from and to Panama City and San José in neighboring Costa Rica. Population and tourism The corregimento of Bocas del Toro has a land area of and had a population of 7,366 as of 2010, giving it a population density of . Its population as of 1990 was 5,274; its population as of 2000 was 4,020. Relatively few Panamanians live on the island, opting for cheaper housing on the mainland. Mainland residents working on Colón Island travel by boat. Bocas del Toro is a popular tourist destination year-round. The town is small enough that most plac ...
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Kuna De Wargandí
Guna de Wargandí or Wargandí, formerly known as Kuna de Wargandí () is a '' comarca indígena'' (indigenous territory) and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,914 as of 2010. It was created by Law 34 of July 25, 2000, from the province of Darién, from the district of Pinogana. It has an area of . It is inhabited by the Guna people. Geography It is a region of Guna and its status is local township, so this has no political subdivision or capital. It is located in the basin are high Chucunaque River in the territory segregated districts Pinogana Chepigana and the province of Darien. People live in three communities, Mortí, Nurra and Wala __NOTOC__ Wala may refer to: Places * Wala (island), a small island in Vanuatu, and a popular destination for cruise ships * Wala, Panama, a community in Kuna de Wargandí, Panama *Kingdom of Wala a pre-colonial polity in the north of modern Ghana .... This ''comarca'' is not divided into ...
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Kuna De Madugandí
Kuna may refer to: Places * Kuna, Idaho, a town in the United States ** Kuna Caves, a lava tube in Idaho * Kuna Peak, a mountain in California * , a village in the Orebić municipality, Croatia * , a village in the Konavle municipality, Croatia * , a river in Alaska North Slope * , in Venezuela and Guyana * * * * , also called People with the surname * Henryk Kuna (1885–1945), Polish sculptor * Kuna Srisailam Goud (born 1965), Indian politician * Ladislav Kuna (1947–2012), Slovak football player Ships * '' Kuna'', the oldest still in service river icebreaker in the world Other uses * Kuna people, an indigenous people of Panama * Kuna language, a language spoken by the Kuna people * Croatian kuna, a currency * Kuna (company), a cryptocurrency exchange in Ukraine See also * KUNA (other) Kuna may refer to: Places * Kuna, Idaho, a town in the United States ** Kuna Caves, a lava tube in Idaho * Kuna Peak, a mountain in California * , a village in the Or ...
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Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
Ngäbe-Buglé () is the largest and most populous of Panama's five '' comarcas indígenas''. It was created in 1997 from lands formerly belonging to the provinces of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Veraguas. The capital is known as Buäbiti in Guaymí and Llano Tugrí in Spanish. Administrative divisions Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca is sub-divided into 3 sub-regions, 9 districts and 70 '' corregimientos:'' History Starting in 1972, the Panamanian government was required to establish comarcas, demarcated regions in which indigenous groups possess exclusive land rights and considerable administrative autonomy. Within comarcas, people elect a General assembly, governor, and any number of regional and local leaders, although the government still controls public expenditure and tax revenues within the territory.Aguilar and García-Huidobro 5 The comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, located in north western Panama, was formed in 1997 both as a latent result of government promise and of considerable po ...
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Naso Tjër Di Comarca
The Naso Tjër Di Comarca is an indigenous region of Panama, located in the extreme northwest of the country, on the banks of the Teribe River and adjacent to the border between Costa Rica and Panama. The region is inhabited mainly by the Naso ethnic group, which is made up of about 5000 people. It was created on December 4, 2020 and has an area of , of which 1468.63 km2 (91% of the territory) are protected areas of the La Amistad International Park and the Palo Seco Forest Reserve. History The Naso people, through their king, have been claiming in recent years the formation of an indigenous region, seeing that the other indigenous ethnic groups in Panama had their own, and also as a way to protect the cultural identity of that ethnicity. On October 25, 2018, the National Assembly of Panama approved decree 656 that created the comarca; however, the president of Panama at that time, Juan Carlos Varela, vetoed it on December 14 of that same year, taking into account the ...
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Emberá Comarca
Embera or Emberá may refer to: * Emberá people, an ethnic group of Colombia and Panama * Embera language Embera or Emberá may refer to: * Emberá people, an ethnic group of Colombia and Panama * Embera language, a group of languages of Colombia and Panama * Comarca Emberá, a territory of Panama See also * AeroAndina MXP-158 Embera, an aircraft ..., a group of languages of Colombia and Panama * Comarca Emberá, a territory of Panama See also * AeroAndina MXP-158 Embera, an aircraft * Hyundai Sonata Embera, a car * Embra {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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