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GRC Country Code

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 30th May 2021

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Panama has 13 languages. The national language is Spanish , with 2 100 000 speakers. Other widely spoken languages are: Guaymí (128 000 speakers) and Western Caribbean Creole English (1-300 000 speakers).

The abbreviation used for Señorita in Panama is Srta.

Each person usually has a given name followed by two family names, that of the father followed by that of the mother, for example:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez

Upon marriage, females may take their husband’s name as a further given name, in this way:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez de Lopez

where the de indicates “(wife) of”. De usually indicates a married female, but may also be part of a name.

Professional people are often referred to by their qualification, followed by the given name and paternal family name (and sometimes the maternal family name):

   Doctor (m) / Doctora (f) (Dr/Dra)             Doctor/Ph.D.
   Ingeniero (m) / Ingeniera (f) (Ing.)          Engineer
   Licenciado (m) / Licenciada (f) (Lic.)        Holder of a university degree
   Profesor (Prof.)                              Professor, higher education teachers

This is not preceded by the gender form of address.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Panamanian company types include:

   Civil partnership
   Foreign corporation
   Foundation
   General partnership
   Limited partnership
   SA (Sociedad Anónima)
   SC (Sociedad Comanditaria) - General and Limited partnership
   Trust

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 28th December 2020

    LICENCIADO GREGORIO FERNANDEZ
    GERENTE GENERAL
    INFONET S.A.
    VIA ESPAÑA, CALLE 6ta
    EDIFICIO DEL PADRO No2, TERCER PISO, LOCAL No10, PARQUE LEFEVRE
    0835, PARQUE LEFEVRE
    PROVINCIA DE PANAMÁ

Address blocks can contain both street names and post office box numbers, and also include districts and zonal indicators.

The province name may be found in the address as above. The provinces are:

    Bocas del Toro 
    Chiriquí 
    Coclé 
    Colón  
    Comarca Kuna Yala 
    Comarca Naso Tjër Di 
    Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé 
    Darién 
    Emberá 
    Herrera 
    Los Santos 
    Panamá 
    Panamá Oeste 
    Veraguas 

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written Apartado in Panama, and the post office box number may include a hyphen (see the postal codes section below).

Panama introduced a postal code system, each code consisting of 4 digits, in 2007. In post office box addresses it is written as part of, and before, the post office box number, in this way:

   Apartado 0832–2345

where 0832 is the postal code and 2345 the box number. In all other cases it is written before the place name, separated from it by a comma.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Panama - Postal code format

Panama - Postal code specifics

Panama - Postal code regular expression

Panama - Postal code level of coverage

Panama - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 28th December 2020

Panama has 10 provinces and 4 indigenous regions. These are listed above in the “Address format examples” section.

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Panamanian telephone numbers have no area codes. Geographic fixed numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have 8 digits and commence with a 6.