Emberá-Wounaan is a ''
comarca indígena
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 (t ...
'' (indigenous territory) in eastern
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 ...
. It was created by Law Number 22 on November 8, 1983, out of the former Chepigana and Pinogana districts of the
Darién Province
Darién (, , ) is a province in Panama whose capital city is La Palma. With an area of , it is located at the eastern end of the country and bordered to the north by the province of Panamá and the region of Kuna Yala. To the south, it is border ...
. Its 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 ...
, 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
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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 t ...
, 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
References
Comarcas of Panama
States and territories established in 1983
1983 establishments in Panama
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