Guna
Lands
Gunayala on Panama's Caribbean coast and islands, plus Madungandí and Wargandí in Panama and communities in northwestern Colombia
Facts 3
Governance
Gunayala's 49 communities govern themselves together through the Guna General Congress, their highest political and administrative body for land, resources and education.
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Land
Gunayala runs along Panama's Caribbean coast to the Colombian border, with about 315 km of coastline and over 400 small islands and islets.
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History
Guna authors note that their self-government existed long before any state law recognized it; Panama's Law 16 of 1953 legally organized the comarca now called Gunayala.
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