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Provinces of Panama

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Departamento de Atlántida

Departamento de Atlántida (Atlántida), a Caribbean-coast department of Honduras created in 1902, capital La Ceiba, eight municipalities, Pico Bonito 2,453 m, tropical rainforest climate.

Departamento de Sonsonate

Departamento de Sonsonate, a department of western El Salvador (capital Sonsonate city, port Acajutla), created 12 June 1824; 1,225.77 km², 470,455 inhabitants (2024 census), 16 municipalities before the 2024 reorganization.

Panamá Oeste

Panamá Oeste, Panama's newest province, created by Law 119 of 30 December 2013 from Panamá province, effective 1 January 2014. Capital La Chorrera; five districts; 606,458 residents in 2020; borders Colón, Panamá, Coclé, and the Pacific.

Provincia de Coclé

Provincia de Coclé, central Panama province with capital Penonomé; created 1855, area 4,927.3 km², six districts, 268,264 people (2023 census), agriculture-based economy of sugarcane, rice, and cattle.

Provincia de Colón

Provincia de Colón is a province of Panama on the Caribbean coast, named after Christopher Columbus; its capital, Colón, sits near the Panama Canal's Caribbean entrance.

Provincia de Heredia

Provincia de Heredia is a province of Costa Rica, with its capital at the city of Heredia. It is the smallest of the country's seven provinces.

Provincia de Veraguas

Provincia de Veraguas is a province of Panama with capital Santiago de Veraguas, the only Panamanian province with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Salta Province

Salta is a province of northwestern Argentina with its capital at the city of Salta, home to 1,441,351 people in 2022 and bordering Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay.