Sambú 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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
(''distrito'') of
Comarca Emberá-Wounaan
A ''comarca'' (, , , ) 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 ...
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 ...
. 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
A ''comarca'' (, , , ) 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 ...
. The other side of the Comarca is
Cémaco District
Cémaco District is a 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 ...
.
Administrative divisions
Sambú District is divided administratively into the following ''
corregimientos'':
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Río Sábalo
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Jingurudo
See also
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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 ...
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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
In Panama, a corregimiento is a subdivision of a Districts of Panama, district, which ...
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Embera-Wounaan
The Embera-Wounaan, (also ''Emberá-Waunana, Chocó'') are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, and Tuira Rivers and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly a ...
, indigenous peoples of Colombia and Panama
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Emberá languages
Emberá (also known as Chocó) is a dialect continuum spoken by 100,000 people in northwestern Colombia and southeastern Panama. It belongs to the Choco language family.
''Embera, Emperã, Empena, Eberã, Epena'', etc. is the Embera word for ...
, indigenous language family in Colombia and Panama
Notes
References
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Districts of Panama
Comarca Emberá-Wounaan