Provinces of Panama

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Provinces and Indigenous regions of Panama Provincias y regiones indígenas de Panamá (Spanish)
Bocas del Toro Coclé Colón Chiriquí Darién Herrera Los Santos Panamá Oeste Panamá Veraguas Guna Yala Emberá-Wounaan Emberá-Wounaan Naso Tjër Di Ngäbe-Buglé Madugandí Wargandí
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Panama
Number	10 provinces (including 2 corregimiento-level indigenous regions) 4 indigenous regions (provincial level)
Populations	(Provinces):48,378 (Darién) – 1,410,175 (Panamá) (Indigenous Regions): 10,001 (Emberá-Wounaan) – 156,747 (Ngäbe-Buglé)
Areas	(Provinces):2,362.0 km2 (912.0 sq mi) (Herrera) – 11,892.5 km2 (4,591.7 sq mi) (Darién) (Indigenous Regions) 4,393.9 km2 (1,696.5 sq mi) (Emberá-Wounaan) – 6,814.2 km2 (2,631.0 sq mi) (Ngäbe-Buglé)
Government	Provincial government, national government
Subdivisions	District

Panama is divided into ten provinces (Spanish: provincias) and four provincial-level indigenous regions (Spanish: comarcas indígenas, often shortened to comarcas).

There are also two indigenous regions within provinces that are considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).

Province	Capital	Area (km2)[1]	Population (2010 census)[1]	Flag
Bocas del Toro	Bocas del Toro	4,657.2	125,461
Chiriquí	David	6,490.9	416,873
Coclé	Penonomé	4,949.6	233,708
Colón	Colón	4,575.5	241,928
Darién	La Palma	11,892.5	48,378
Herrera	Chitré	2,362.0	109,955
Los Santos	Las Tablas	3,809.4	89,592
Panamá	Panama City	8,409.3	1,249,032
Panamá Oeste	La Chorrera	2,880.1	464,038
Veraguas	Santiago de Veraguas	10,587.5	226,991

Comarca	Capital	Area (km2)[1]	Population (2010 census)[1]	Flag
Emberá-Wounaan	Unión Chocó	4,393.9	10,001
Guna Yala	Gaigirgordub	2,358.2	33,109
Ngäbe-Buglé	Llano Tugrí	6,814.2	156,747
Naso Tjër Di	Sieyic	1,606.3

• ISO 3166-2:PA
• List of provinces and indigenous regions of Panama by Human Development Index