Guna Yala

Guna Yala, also known as Kuna Yala or by its former name San Blas, is a comarca indígena in northeast . Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Gunas.
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  • Type: comarca of Panama with 32,000 residents
  • Description: administrative territorial entity of Panama
  • Also known as: Comarca of Kuna Yala”, “Kuna Yala”, and “雅拉库纳族自治区
  • Historically known as: San Blas
  • Neighbors:

Guna Yala

Latitude
9.25° or 9° 15′ north
Longitude
-78.25° or 78° 15′ west
Population
32,000
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
IATA airport code
NBL
Open location code
67X37Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
3701537
Wiki­data ID
Q919017
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Guna Yala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غونا يالا
  • Armenian: Կունա Յալա կոմարկա
  • Armenian: Կունա Յալա
  • Basque: Guna Yala
  • Bengali: গুনা ইয়ালা
  • Bulgarian: Куна Яла
  • Catalan: Guna Yala
  • Catalan: Kuna Yala
  • Cebuano: Guna Yala
  • Chinese: 古納亞拉原住民區
  • Chinese: 古纳亚拉原住民区
  • Chinese: 雅拉庫納族自治區
  • Czech: Guna Yala
  • Czech: Kuna Yala
  • Danish: Guna Yala
  • Dutch: Guna Yala
  • Dutch: Kuna Yala
  • Egyptian Arabic: جونا يالا
  • Esperanto: Guna Yala
  • Esperanto: Kuna Yala
  • Esperanto: Kuna-Yalo
  • Finnish: Guna Yala
  • Finnish: Kuna Yala
  • French: Comarque Guna Yala
  • French: Guna Yala
  • French: Kuna Yala
  • Galician: Comarca Guna Yala
  • Galician: Guna Yala
  • Georgian: გუნა-იალა
  • German: Guna Yala
  • German: Kuna Yala
  • German: PA-Q
  • Greek: Γκούνα Γιάλα
  • Gujarati: ગુના યલા
  • Hindi: गुना याला
  • Indonesian: Guna Yala
  • Italian: Comarca Kuna Yala
  • Italian: Guna Yala
  • Italian: Kuna Yala
  • Japanese: グナ・ヤラ
  • Japanese: クナ・ヤラ自治区
  • Japanese: クナ・ヤラ自治県
  • Kannada: ಗುನಾ ಯಲಾ
  • Korean: 구나얄라 특구
  • Latvian: Gunajala
  • Lithuanian: Kuna Jala
  • Malay: Guna Yala
  • Marathi: गुना यला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kuna Yala
  • Norwegian: Kuna Yala
  • Polish: Kuna Yala
  • Portuguese: Comarca de Guna Yala
  • Portuguese: Comarca de Kuna Yala
  • Portuguese: Guna Yala
  • Portuguese: Kuna Yala
  • Romanian: Guna Yala
  • Russian: Гуна-Яла
  • Russian: Куна-Яла
  • Serbo-Croatian: Guna Yala
  • Silesian: Kuna Yala
  • Sinhala: ගුණ යාල කොමාර්කා, පැනමාව
  • Sinhala: ගුණ යාල
  • Slovenian: Kuna Yala
  • Spanish: Comarca de Kuna Yala
  • Spanish: Comarca Guna Yala
  • Spanish: Cuna Yala
  • Spanish: Guna Yala
  • Spanish: Kuna Yala
  • Spanish: Circunscripción de San Blas” (historical)
  • Spanish: Intendencia de San Blas” (historical)
  • Spanish: San Blas” (historical)
  • Swedish: Guna Yala
  • Swedish: Kuna Yala
  • Tamil: குணா யாளா
  • Telugu: గునా యాలా
  • Thai: เทศมณฑลกูนายาลา
  • Turkish: Guna Yala
  • Ukrainian: Гуна-Яла
  • Ukrainian: Ґуна-Яла
  • Ukrainian: Куна-Яла, Гуна-Яла, Сан-Блас
  • Urdu: گونا یالا
  • Vietnamese: Guna Yala
  • Vietnamese: Kuna Yala
  • Wayuu: Kuuna Yaala
  • Western Armenian: Կունա Եալա

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