Emberá-Wounaan is a '' comarca indígena'' (indigenous territory) in eastern

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. It was created by Law Number 22 on November 8, 1983, out of the former Chepigana and Pinogana districts of the

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. 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 Cémaco District is a district (''distrito'') of Comarca Emberá-Wounaan in Pana ...

, and it is notable for being composed of two non-contiguous sections. 12,358 people lived here in 2023, with over 95% of them being

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Administrative divisions

Emberá-Wounaan Comarca is sub-divided into 2 districts and 5 '' corregimientos''. Cemaco is the eastern section, Sambú is the western one.

References

Comarcas of Panama States and territories established in 1983 1983 establishments in Panama Embera-Wounaan {{Emberá-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

See also

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