Madungandí Explained

Guna de Madungandí
Settlement Type:Comarca indígena and corregimiento
Pushpin Map:Panama
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Panama
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Panamá
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Chepo
Established Title:Established
Established Date:January 12, 1996
Area Land Km2:2075.9
Area Footnotes:[1] |population_as_of = 2010|population_total = 4271|population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 2.1|population_note = Population density calculated based on land area.|timezone1 = EST|utc_offset1 = −5|coordinates = }}

Guna de Madungandí or Madungandí, formerly known as Kuna de Madugandí[2] is a comarca indígena (indigenous territory) and corregimiento in Chepo District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 4,271 as of 2010. It was created by Law 24 of January 12, 1996. Its population as of 2000 was 3,305.

The primary ethnicity is Guna.

The comarca is not divided into districts; but is divided into 12 communities: Akua Yala, Ibedí, Pintupu, Icandí, Piria, Cuinupdi, Nargandí, Ogobnawila, Diwar Sikua, Capandi and Tabardi. Its capital is Akua Yala.

Its area is 2318.8 km2 and is located near the Bayano River.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/inec/archivos/P3601Cuadro11.xls "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)]
  2. Web site: ¿Guna, kuna o cuna?: James Howe | la Prensa Panamá. 22 February 2014.