ISO 3166-2:PA explained

ISO 3166-2:PA is the entry for Panama in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Panama, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 provinces and 4 indigenous regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Panama. The second part is either of the following:

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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CodeSubdivision name (es)Subdivision name (en) [1] Subdivision category
Bocas del ToroBocas del Toroprovince
ChiriquíChiriquiprovince
CocléCocleprovince
ColónColonprovince
DariénDarienprovince
EmberáEmberaindigenous region
Guna Yala
(local variant: Kuna Yala)
Guna Yalaindigenous region
HerreraHerreraprovince
Los SantosLos Santosprovince
Naso Tjër DiNaso Tjer Diindigenous region
Ngäbe-BugléNgabe-Bugleindigenous region
PanamáPanamaprovince
Panamá OesteWest Panamaprovince
VeraguasVeraguasprovince
Notes
  1. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166–2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of changeShort description of change (en)
2010-06-30Update of the administrative structure and of the list source
2014-11-03Add 1 province PA-10; update List Source
2017-11-23Change of subdivision name of PA-KY; addition of local variation of PA-KY, update List Source
2021-11-25Addition of indigenous region PA-NT; Update List Source
2022-11-29Change of spelling of subdivision name of PA-NB; Update List Source

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