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| Panama is politically divided into 9 provinces and 5 indigenous "comarcas." 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.]
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| | Panama is a country in Central America bordered by [[Costa Rica Genealogy|Costa Rica]] and [[Colombia Genealogy|Colombia]]. Panama is an isthmus that connects North and South America and is also considered a Caribbean nation. Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pacific ocean off the coast of Panama in 1513. Its strategic geographical location has made it a center of commerce and transportation since Spanish colonial times. After its independence from Spain in 1821, Panama became a department of Colombia until 1903 when the United States began building the Panama Canal and created the Panama Canal Zone, a major navigation hub. The official language is Spanish.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Panama," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama, accessed 28 March 2016.</ref> |
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| *The Isthmus of Panama is the narrowest strip of land in the American continent. It is bordered north-west by Costa Rica, south-east by Colombia, south by the Pacific Ocean, and north by the Caribbean Sea.
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| *Some consider Panama a transcontinental nation, with the Panama Canal bisecting North and South America.
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| *The first permanent European settlement in the mainland of the Americas, Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien, was founded in Panama by Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1510.
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| *The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Balboa off the coast of Panama on September 25, 1513.
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| | Panama is divided into ten provinces and five indigenous regions. |
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| | '''Provinces''' |
| | *[[Bocas del Toro, Panama Genealogy|Bocas del Toro]] |
| | *[[Chiriquí, Panama Genealogy|Chiriquí]] |
| | *[[Coclé, Panama Genealogy|Coclé]] |
| | *[[Colón, Panama Genealogy|Colón]] |
| | *[[Darién, Panama Genealogy|Darién]] |
| | *[[Herrera, Panama Genealogy|Herrera]] |
| | *[[Los Santos, Panama Genealogy|Los Santos]] |
| | *[[Panama, Panama Genealogy|Panama]] |
| | *[[West Panama, Panama Genealogy|West Panama]] |
| | *[[Veraguas, Panama Genealogy|Veraguas]] |
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| | '''Indigenous Regions''' |
| | *[[Emberá, Panama Genealogy|Emberá]], see also Darién Province |
| | *[[Guna Yala, Panama Genealogy|Guna Yala]], see also Panama and Colón |
| | *[[Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama Genealogy|Ngäbe-Buglé]], created in 1997 from parts of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Veraguas |
| | *[[Madugandí, Panama Genealogy|Madugandí]] (within Panama province) |
| | *[[Wargandí, Panama Genealogy|Wargandí]] (within Darién province) |
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| | [[Category:Panama]] |
| | [[es:Panamá - Genealogía]] |
