Cémaco District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''distrito'') of
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, ...
in
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 ...
. The capital is
Unión Chocó Unión Chocó () is a town in the Panamanian indigenous territory (''comarca indígena'') of Emberá. It is located in, and is the capital of, Cémaco District. Omar Torrijos designated the land for the villgae in 1969, and the first houses were ...
. The area of this ''district'' is 3097.5 sq. kilometers. It is on the eastern part of
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, ...
. The other side of the Comarca is
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 Co ...
.
Administrative divisions
Cémaco District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
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Cirilo Guaynora
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Lajas Blancas
Lajas Blancas is a corregimiento in Cémaco 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 ...
*
Manuel Ortega
See also
*
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 ...
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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 Gran ...
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Embera-Wounaan, indigenous peoples of Colombia and Panama
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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
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Districts of Panama
Comarca Emberá-Wounaan