Comarcas of Panama

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The Comarcas of Panama are semi-autonomous indigenous regions within Panama that possess a degree of self-governance and cultural protection for their native communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Comarcas of Panama canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous territorial entity ⓘ
indigenous administrative division ⓘ
adminLevelComparedToProvinces equivalent or similar to provinces of Panama ⓘ
category Autonomous administrative divisions ⓘ
Indigenous rights in Panama ⓘ
Subdivisions of Panama ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
governedBy Panamanian national government ⓘ
hasDegreeOfAutonomy administrative ⓘ
cultural ⓘ
political ⓘ
hasFunction protection of indigenous culture ⓘ
self-governance for indigenous peoples ⓘ
hasGovernanceStructure local indigenous authorities ⓘ
traditional leadership systems ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Buglere ⓘ
Emberá language ⓘ
Guna language ⓘ
Naso Tjër Di language ⓘ
Ngäbere ⓘ
Wounaan language ⓘ
hasLegalStatus semi-autonomous region ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasPoliticalRepresentation representation in Panamanian national institutions ⓘ
includesComarca Emberá-Wounaan Comarca ⓘ
Guna Yala ⓘ
Guna de Madugandí ⓘ
linked to: Madugandí

Guna de Wargandí ⓘ
linked to: Wargandí

Naso Tjër Di Comarca ⓘ
Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Buglé people ⓘ
Emberá people ⓘ
linked to: Emberá

Guna people ⓘ
Naso people ⓘ
Ngäbe people ⓘ
Wounaan people ⓘ
legalBasis Panamanian laws creating individual comarcas ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
mayHave special land tenure rules ⓘ
special resource management rules ⓘ
populationType indigenous peoples of Panama ⓘ
protects indigenous collective land ownership ⓘ
indigenous cultural heritage ⓘ
purpose preservation of indigenous territories ⓘ
recognition of indigenous customary law ⓘ
recognizedBy Constitution of Panama ⓘ
relatedTo provinces of Panama ⓘ
subjectTo Panamanian national legislation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wargandí → category → Comarcas of Panama ⓘ