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== Getting started with Panama research == | == Getting started with Panama research == | ||
Panama is politically divided into 9 provinces and 5 "comarcas," | Panama is politically divided into 9 provinces and 5 "comarcas," or indigenous territories. Until 1999, the United States controlled an unincorporated 10-mile wide territory called the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Panama_Canal_Zone Panama Canal Zone]. Understanding political divisions is essential to doing family history, as these divisions determine where records are recorded and archived. To learn more about Panama's political division, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_regions_of_Panama Click here.] | ||
== Jurisdictions == | == Jurisdictions == | ||