Regions of Panama
Panamá will be usually seperated in nine provinces (provincias) and two territories (comarcas ).
The provinces are : Panamá, Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro, Coclé, Colón, Darién, Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas. There are also two independent territories : Ngöbe-Buglé and Kuna Yala (San Blas Islands)
Actually the politically seperated provinces are not very important for travelling through the country. Therefore we have seperated Panama in 5 travel regions , which you should visit.
Panama can be divided in 5 regions:
- Panama–City: Including the panama-canal, although it reaches the Caribbean cost.
- The central Caribbean: The beginning of the canal and province capital Colón. In the south of Colón, are beautiful beaches located.
- The central Pacific: Good reachable from the capital, the central pacific coast pass over to the south-west, into the peninsula Azuero.
- West-Panama: Is consisted of the provinces Veraguas, Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro. West-panama adjoins to the border of Costa Rica.
- East-Panama: The east encloses the wild province Darién, which reaches to the border of Columbia.
The most important cities of panama are those , you can find more informations about them at the chapter about the region.
- Panama-City - capital
- David - capital of the province Chririquí
- Colon- capital of the province Colón
- Santiago -capital of the province Veraguas
Coiba National Marine Parc
Gulf of Chiriqui, Centralpacific
Paradise to the west of Panama-City
The Nationalpark consists of the island Coiba, which is the largest Island in Central America and 37 other islands are located arround. These groups of islands are just 40kmtrs away from the coast of Panama and the gulf of Chiriqui.
The Comarca Guna Yala
At the north-eastcoast of the caribic of Panama you can find the San Blas IslandsAn
The beautiful island Archipel , which is named " Guna Yala " by the locals ( guna indianers ). The Comarca Guna Yala is an autonomous place , which is just in a few case dependent from Panama.
Bocas del Toro, Panama
Bocas del Toro is an exclusive vacation destination
It guarantees great vacations
Well achievable at the caribbean coast and nearby the border of Costa Rica.
An amount of small and middle-big islands surrounded by crystal clear water and beaches.It is rich of palms and intact corals. This area is a diving paradise.
