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Sambú District
Sambú District is a district (''distrito'') of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan in Panama. The capital is Puerto Indio. The area of this ''district'' is 1296.4 sq. kilometers. It is on the western part of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan. The other side of the Comarca is Cémaco District. Administrative divisions Sambú District is divided administratively into the following '' corregimientos'': * Río Sábalo * Jingurudo See also * Panama * Districts of Panama * Embera-Wounaan, indigenous peoples of Colombia and Panama * Emberá languages Emberá (also known as Chocó) is a dialect continuum spoken by Emberá people, 100,000 people in northwestern Colombia and southeastern Panama. It belongs to the Choco languages, Choco language family. ''Embera, Emperã, Empena, Eberã, Epena' ..., indigenous language family in Colombia and Panama Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sambu District Districts of Panama Comarca Emberá-Wounaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Panama
The provinces of Panama and some of the comarcas are divided into districts (''distrito''). The district are further divided into corregimientos of Panama Bocas del Toro Province * Bocas del Toro District * Changuinola District * Chiriquí Grande District * Almirante District Chiriquí Province * Alanje District * Barú District * Boquerón District * Boquete District * Bugaba District * David District * Dolega District * Gualaca District * Remedios District. * Renacimiento District * San Félix District * San Lorenzo District * Tolé District * Tierras Altas District Coclé Province * Aguadulce District * Antón District * La Pintada District * Natá District * Olá District * Penonomé District Colón Province * Colón District * Chagres District * Donoso District * Portobelo District * Santa Isabel District * Omar Torrijos Herrera District Darién Province * Chepigana District * Pinogana District * Santa Fe District Herrera Province * Chitré District * Las Minas D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Panama
Panama is divided into ten provinces ( es, provincias) and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: ''comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...s indígenas'', often shortened to ''comarcas''). There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a ''corregimiento'' (municipality). Provinces Indigenous regions (''comarcas indígenas'') Provincial level Corregimiento-level See also * ISO 3166-2:PA * List of provinces and indigenous regions of Panama by Human Development Index References {{DEFAULTSORT:Provinces Of Panama Subdivisions of Panama Panama, Provinces Panama 1 Provinces, Panama Panama geography-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca
Emberá-Wounaan is a ''comarca indígena'' (indigenous territory) in eastern Panama. It was created by Law Number 22 on November 8, 1983, out of the former Chepigana and Pinogana districts of the Darién Province. Its capital is Unión Chocó, and it is notable for being composed of two non-contiguous sections. Administrative divisions Emberá-Wounaan Comarca is sub-divided into 2 districts and 5 '' corregimientos''. Cemaco is the eastern section, Sambú is the western one. Flag The Flag of the Emberá Wounaan Region is a vivid representation of the resources and nature that encompasses its entire territory. The green stripe symbolizes all its natural resources. The yellow stripe is a sign of its customs and traditions and the blue stripe constitutes the wonderful hydrographic network that runs throughout its territory, especially symbolizing its imposing rivers Chucunaque, Tuira, Balsa, Chico, Jaqué, Sambú and Catfish. See also *Embera-Wounaan, indigenous peoples of Colom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Indio
Puerto Indio is a town in the Emberá indigenous territory of 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 Co .... The town is on the Sabalo river, just upstream of the town of Sambú. Sources World Gazetteer: Panama– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Comarca Emberá-Wounaan {{Emberá-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small portion of westernmost Brazil in South America, along with certain Caribbean and Atlantic islands. Places that use: * Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−04:00). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour "gap". On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus "duplicating" one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comarca Emberá-Wounaan
A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix ''co''-, meaning "together, jointly". The ''comarca'' is known in Aragonese as ''redolada'' () and in Basque as ''eskualde'' (). In addition, in Galician, ''comarcas'' are also called ''bisbarras'' (). Although the English word "county" and its near synonym " shire" have similar meanings, they are usually translated into Spanish and Portuguese as ''condado'', a term which in the Iberian peninsula only refers to regions historically ruled by a ''conde'' (count or earl). However, "comarca" is occasionally used, with examples including the Spanish Wikipedia entry for "comarca" and some translations of The Lord of the Rings (see below). In the CPLP In the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), ''coma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cémaco District
Cémaco District is a Districts of Panama, district (''distrito'') of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan in Panama. The capital is Unión Chocó. The area of this ''district'' is 3097.5 sq. kilometers. It is on the eastern part of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan. The other side of the Comarca is Sambú District. Administrative divisions Cémaco District is divided administratively into the following ''Corregimientos of Panama, corregimientos'': * Cirilo Guainora, Embera (Darién), Cirilo Guaynora * Lajas Blancas * Manuel Ortega, Emberá, Manuel Ortega See also * Panama * Districts of Panama * Embera-Wounaan, indigenous peoples of Colombia and Panama * Emberá languages, indigenous language family in Colombia and Panama Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cemaco District Districts of Panama Comarca Emberá-Wounaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corregimientos Of Panama
In Panama, a corregimiento is a subdivision of a district, which in turn is a subdivision of a province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire .... It is the smallest administrative division level in the country; which is further subdivided into populated places/centres. As of 2012, Panama is subdivided into a total of 693 corregimientos, since several of these were created in the province of Bocas del Toro and the indigenous region (''comarca indígena'') of Ngäbe-Buglé. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Sábalo
Río Sábalo is a corregimiento in Sambú District, Comarca Emberá, 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 Cos ... with a population of 12,881 as of 2010. It was created by Law 22 of November 8, 1983. Its population as of 1990 was 1,479; its population as of 2000 was 1,417. References Corregimientos of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan {{Emberá-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embera-Wounaan
The Embera–Wounaan are a semi-nomadic indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, Tuira Rivers and its waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly and widely known by the name Chocó, and they speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part of the Choco language family. Name The name ''Embera'' means "people". Collectively they are known as the Chocó and belong to two major groups: the Emberá, of upper Atrato and San Juan rivers, and the Wounaan of the lower San Juan River. The Emberá are also known as the Atrato, Bedea, Cholo, Darién, Dariena, Eberá, Emberak, Emperia, and Panama Emberá people. The Waunaan are also known as the Chanco, Chocama, Noanama, Noenama, Nonama, Wounaan, or Wound Meu people. A third group of Chocó are called the Catío, who are also called the Embena, Epera, Eyabida, or Katio people. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
