ISO 3166-2:PA


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, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Panama, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for ten provinces and four 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:
  • one or two digits : provinces
  • two letters: indigenous regions

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
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CodeSubdivision name Subdivision name Subdivision category
Bocas del ToroBocas del Toroprovince
ChiriquíChiriquiprovince
CocléCocleprovince
ColónColonprovince
DariénDarienprovince
EmberáEmberaindigenous region
Guna Yala
Guna Yalaindigenous region
HerreraHerreraprovince
Los SantosLos Santosprovince
Naso Tjër DiNaso Tjer Diindigenous region
Ngäbe-BugléNgabe-Bugleindigenous region
PanamáPanamaprovince
Panamá OesteWest Panamaprovince
VeraguasVeraguasprovince

; Notes

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.
NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourceSubdivisions added:
Emberá
Ngöbe-Buglé
Codes:
Comarca de San BlasKuna Yala

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of changeShort description of change
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