Provinces

Panama is divided into nine provinces (Spanish: provincias) and three provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often foreshortened to comarcas). There are two further comarcas within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).

The provinces and comarcas (capitals in brackets) are as follows:

Provinces

  • Bocas del Toro (Bocas del Toro)
  • Chiriquí (David)
  • Coclé (Penonomé)
  • Colón (Colón)
  • Darién (La Palma)
  • Herrera (Chitré)
  • Los Santos (Las Tablas)
  • Panamá (Panamá)
  • Veraguas (Santiago de Veraguas)

Provincial-Level Comarcas

  • Emberá (Union Choco)
  • Kuna Yala (El Porvenir)
  • Ngöbe-Buglé (Chichica)

Sub-Provincial Comarcas

  • Kuna de Madugandí (Panamá)
  • Kuna de Wargandí (Darién)