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 * 1787-1789 Census of Darien
-=== 1758 General Census of the Province of Veraguas ===
+=== 1756 General Census of Veragua ===
-This general census of Veraguas was conducted by Spain in 1758 and can be found in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, "Estante 69, Cajón 5, Legajo 10." The Spanish historian, Maria del Carmen Mena Garcia, published in 1993 in the Annual of American Studies a work titled "Estructura demográfica de Veragua en el siglo XVIII" which includes a full transcription of the 1758 census.
+This general census of Veragua was commissioned by the Spanish crown in 1756 and can be found in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, "Estante 69, Cajón 5, Legajo 10." The Spanish historian, Maria del Carmen Mena Garcia, published in 1993 in the Annual of American Studies a paper titled "Estructura demográfica de Veragua en el siglo XVIII" which includes a full transcription of the 1756 census. At the time the census was taken, Veragua comprised all the then populated regions of Panama, except for Portobello and Darien.
 * [https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/33442 First Part]
 * [https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/26596 Second Part]