Panamá Oeste (; ) is the newest
province
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in
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
.
It was created from the five
districts
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of
Panamá Province west of the
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...
on 1 January 2014.
The capital is
La Chorrera.
Administrative divisions
Panamá Oeste Province is divided into 5 ''distritos'' (districts) and subdivided into 60 ''
corregimientos''.
References
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Provinces of Panama