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This article is about censuses of the country of Panama. For the former U.S. territory, see Panama Canal Zone Census.

National Institute of Census and Statistics

Published census data consists mainly of statistics and does not include individual names.

Open: M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Edificio Contraloría General, Ave. Balboa, first floor, left side

Panama City, Panama

Telephones: 011-507-510-4777, ext. 4829 - 4830 ; 011-507-510-4829

http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/

Visitas de Tierra (Land Visits) - Real Audiencia (Royal Audience) of Santa Fe

These visits were a type of census conducted by the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe (Colombia). The visits were generally a response to reports of excess and abuse of Indians and were used to control colonial administration. Their main objective, however, was to set the basis for taxation.

These special general censuses of colonial times (1611-1808), include the provinces of

  • Cocle
  • Chiriqui
  • Panama
  • VeraguasS

The information is part of the microfilm collection of FamilySearch.