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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
PA
Short name
PANAMA
Short name lower case
Panama
Full name
the Republic of Panama
Alpha-3 code
PAN
Numeric code
591
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 3
The Zone of the Panama Canal (PZ, PCZ, --) is now part of the entry for Panama (PA, PAN, 591). See also code element PZPA.
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
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Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
es spa Panamá

Subdivisions

3 indigenous region (en) / région indigène (fr) / comarca indígena (es)

10 province (en) / province (fr) / provincia (es)

List source

IGN 1989; http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamá#Divisi.C3.B3n_pol.C3.ADtica_administrativa; http://www.iwgia.org/sw31737.asp; Gaceta Oficial Digital, Ley 119 De 30 de Diciembre de 2013, Gobierno Nacional República de Panamá, Articulo 1 http://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/27443_A/44900.pdf

Code source

EUROPLATE + ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province PA-1 Bocas del Toro es
province PA-4 Chiriquí es
province PA-2 Coclé es
province PA-3 Colón es
province PA-5 Darién es
indigenous region PA-EM* Emberá es
province PA-6 Herrera es
indigenous region PA-KY* Kuna Yala es
province PA-7 Los Santos es
indigenous region PA-NB* Ngöbe-Buglé es
province PA-8 Panamá es
province PA-10* Panamá Oeste es
province PA-9 Veraguas es

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2014-11-03 Add 1 province PA-10; update List Source Ajout d'une province PA-10; mise à jour de la Liste Source
2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Mise à jour résultant de la réalité du découpage administratif. Mise à jour de la liste source.