Kuna de Wargandí

Comarca Kuna de Wargandí
Comarca indígena and corregimiento

Country	Panama
Province	Darién
District	Pinogana
Established	July 25, 2000^[1]
Area^[1]
• Land	956.4 km² (369.3 sq mi)
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	1,914
• Density	2/km² (5/sq mi)
	Population density calculated based on land area.
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)

Kuna de Wargandí (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkuna ðe warˈɣandi]) is a comarca indígena (indigenous territory) and corregimiento in Pinogana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 1,914 as of 2010.^[1] It was created by Law 34 of July 25, 2000,^[1] from the province of Darién, from the district of Pinogana. It has an area of 775 square kilometres (299 sq mi). It is inhabited by the Kuna people.

Geography

It is a region of Kuna and its status is local township, so this has no political subdivision or capital. It is located in the basin are high Chucunaque River in the territory segregated districts Pinogana Chepigana and the province of Darien. People live in three communities, Mortí, Nurra and Wala.

This comarca is not divided into districts. The community of Nurra serves as its capital.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Cuadro 11 (Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República...)" [Table 11 (Area, population, and population density in the Republic...)] (.xls). In "Resultados Finales Básicos" [Basic Final Results] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

Darién Province

Chepigana District	Agua Fría Camoganti Chepigana Cucunatí Garachiné Jaqué La Palma Puerto Piña Río Congo Río Congo Arriba Río Iglesias Sambú Santa Fe Setegantí Taimatí Tucutí

Pinogana District	Boca de Cupe Metetí Paya Pinogana Púcuro El Real de Santa María Wargandí Yape Yaviza

Geography	Bay of San Miguel Bayano Caves Bayano Dam Darién National Park Darién Gap Lago Bayano Tuira River Easternmost point of Central America

Transport	El Llano – Cartí road Inter-American Highway

Settlements	La Palma Metetí Santa Fe Yaviza

Provinces and comarcas of Panama

Provinces	Bocas del Toro Chiriquí Coclé Colón Darién Herrera Los Santos Panamá Panamá Oeste Veraguas

Province-level Comarcas indígenas ("Indigenous regions")	Emberá Guna Yala Ngäbe-Buglé

Corregimiento-level Comarcas indígenas	Kuna de Madugandí Kuna de Wargandí

Coordinates: 8°51′25″N 77°58′41″W / 8.857°N 77.978°W / 8.857; -77.978

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