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Panama State
The Panama State, officially known as the Federal State of PanamaBiblioteca Nacional de PanamáConstitución política del Estado de Panamá de 1855Constitución política del Estado soberano de Panamá de 1863/ref> from 1855 to 1863, and as the Sovereign State of Panama from 1863 until 1866 when it was dissolved, was established as one of the states of the Republic of Gran Colombia established in 1821 after independence from the Spanish Empire and was later part of the Republic of New Granada, the Granadine Confederation, and the United States of Colombia.Colombiestad: Estadística de Colombia 1876
The state was established on 27 February 1855 and lasted until 1866 when it was replaced by the
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Federal Republic
A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a monarch". In a federal republic, a division of powers exists between the federal government and the government of the individual subdivisions. While each federal republic manages this division of powers differently, common matters relating to security and defense, and monetary policy are usually handled at the federal level, while matters such as infrastructure maintenance and education policy are usually handled at the regional or local level. However, views differ on what issues should be a federal competence, and subdivisions usually have sovereignty in some matters where the federal government does not have jurisdiction. A federal republic is thus best defined in contrast ...
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Panamá Province
Panamá is a province of Panama. It is the location of the national capital Panama City, which also serves as the provincial capital. The governor of the province is Judy Meana, appointed by President Laurentino Cortizo and sworn in on 16 April 2020. Administrative divisions Panamá Province is now divided into 6 ''distritos'' (districts) and subdivided into 55 '' corregimientos''. The five former districts west of the Panama Canal were split off to form 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 i ... on 1 January 2014. 1 These ''corregimientos'' represent as Panama City 2 These ''corregimientos'' represent as San Miguelito City References {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama Province Provinces of Panama ...
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Chiriquí Department
Chiriquí refers to one of the following, in or around Panama: * Chiriquí Province, a province of Panama * Chiriquí, Chiriquí, a corregimiento in Chiriquí Province * Chiriquí River, a river in its eponymous province * Gulf of Chiriquí The Gulf of Chiriquí is a part of Panama that encompasses Coiba National Park and Golfo de Chiriquí National Park. There are dozens of islands in this Gulf. Along with the islands of Coiba National Park there is also Islas Secas, Los Ladrones ..., a gulf in its eponymous province * Chiriqui culture, a Pre-Columbian civilization that inhabited this province {{geodis ...
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Colón (ciudad)
Colón may refer to: Places ;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Colón, Putumayo * Colón Department (Colombia) ;Costa Rica * Ciudad Colón ;Cuba * Colón, Cuba ;El Salvador * Colón, La Libertad ;Honduras * Colón Department (Honduras) ;Mexico * Colón, Querétaro ;Panama * Colón, Panama * Colón Province ;Puerto Rico * Plaza Colón, in Mayagüez ;Spain * Plaza de Colón (Madrid) * Colón (Metrovalencia), station in Valencia ;Uruguay * Colón Centro y Noroeste, barrio of Montevideo * Colón Sudeste, barrio of Montevideo * Colón, Uruguay, village in Lavalleja Department ;Venezuela * Colón, Venezuela * Colón Municipality, Zulia in Zulia State Football teams * Club Atlético Colón, from Santa Fe, Argentina * Colón Fútbol Club, a Uruguayan club Other uses * Colón (surname) * Colón (currency) ** Costa Rican colón, currency of Costa Rica ** ...
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Colón Department (Colombia)
Colón Department was one of the departments of Panama State The Panama State, officially known as the Federal State of PanamaBiblioteca Nacional de PanamáConstitución política del Estado de Panamá de 1855Constitución política del Estado soberano de Panamá de 1863/ref> from 1855 to 1863, and as the ..., one of the states of Colombia. Former departments of Colombia {{Colombia-geo-stub ...
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Natá (ciudad)
Nata could refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Nata, Botswana, a village in Central District of Botswana * Nata, Cyprus, a small village near Paphos, Cyprus * Natá, Coclé, a town and corregimiento in Natá District, Coclé Province, Panama * Natá District, a district of Coclé Province, Panama Music * Nata, a musical scale in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) * Nata (band), a hard rock band from Guadalajara (Mexico) founded by Galo Ochoa Foods * Nata can be translated into Portuguese and Spanish as milk skin, the creamy layer that builds on top of milk. * Nata de coco, a jelly-like food common in East and Southeast Asia * Pastel de nata, a Portuguese delicacy Other * NatA, the major eukaryotic N-terminal acetyltransferase * Nata (deity), a Daoist protection deity * National Aptitude Test in Architecture, a national examination for admission to undergraduate courses in architecture, India * National Association of Testing Authorities, an Australian non-profit indu ...
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Justo Arosemena
Justo Arosemena Quesada (August 9, 1817 – February 23, 1896) was a statesman, writer, lawyer and politician from Panama who lived during the period of union with Colombia. He dedicated his life to the cause of the autonomy of the Isthmus of Panama in and as a part of Colombia, and is regarded as "the most illustrious of the Panamanian and father of Panamanian nationality." Biography Arosemena was born in Panama City, the son of Dolores de Quesada and Mariano Arosemena, a national hero during the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821. He attended elementary school in Panama, and when he was 16 years old, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of San Bartolomé in Bogotá. Later, he graduated in law at the Universidad Central de Bogota. Between 1837 and 1839 he received his doctorate in law at the Universidad del Magdalena. He also conducted studies in the field of sociology. He was elected deputy to the Provincial House of Panama (1850–1851), and subse ...
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Santiago De Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas () is the capital of the province of Veraguas, in the Republic of Panama, and the district or municipality of the same name. Located in the countryside next to the Pan American Highway. Bounded on the north by San Francisco District, south by the District of Montijo, east by the District of Atalaya and west by the District of La Mesa. It has a population of approximately 60,000 inhabitants according to the data of the last census carried out in the Republic of Panama (2014). History The unclassified extinct Escoria language was spoken by indigenous peoples around present-day Santiago de Veraguas. Santiago was founded by the people of Montijo and Santa Fe in the 17th century, who gathered in this place, decided to found a city that served as the starting center dispatches. It was established south of the Martin Grande river commonly called Los Chorros. Santiago did not exist in 1606 when the Bishop of Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ) ...
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Veraguas Province
Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6 km² and in 2019 it had an estimated population of 247,644. History Veraguas was originally inhabited by the Veraguas culture. Veraguas was explored by Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage. He tried to establish the first colony in the new Spanish mainland but failed due to resistance from Indigenous peoples. Diego de Nicuesa also tried to establish a colony and failed, which made him create a colony to fight against the Indigenous population, which he named Nombre de Dios. Its capital, Santiago de Veraguas, was founded about 1636. It is said that its name comes from the indigenous word "Veracua" or "Viragua", though other theories abound. It is the only province in Panama with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pac ...
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Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí () is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after the Panamá Province. Its capital is the city of David. It has a total area of 6,490.9 km², with a population of 462,056 as of the year 2019. The province of Chiriquí is bordered to the north by the province of Bocas del Toro Province, Bocas del Toro, to the west by Costa Rica, to the east by the province of Veraguas, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean, specifically the Gulf of Chiriquí. History Until the arrival of the Spanish ''conquistadores'', Chiriquí was populated by a number of indigenous tribes, known collectively as the Ngäbe people, Guaymí people. The first European to visit and describe Chiriquí was Gaspar de Espinosa, in 1519. The province was officially established on May 26, 1849, when Panama was still part of Colombia. Several years later, President Abraham Lincoln of the United States proposed Chiriquí as a favored ...
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