Panama is a presidential republic with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. Panama has a civil law system. 

Panama has ten provinces: Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, Panama Oeste, and Veraguas  and four Indigenous regions: Embera-Wounaan, Guna Yala, Naso Tjer Di, and Ngabe-Bugle.  

Map created by 123Hollicupdated by Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 

Spanish is the official language of Panama. Most legal materials are available only in Spanish. 

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