Panama Department (1886) Explained

Native Name:Departamento de Panamá
Conventional Long Name:Panama Department
Common Name:Panama
Subdivision:Department
Nation:Colombia
Event Start:Regeneration
Year Start:1886
Date Start:7 September
Event End:Separation of Panama
Year End:1903
Date End:8 November
P1:Panama State
Flag P1:Flag of Sovereign State of Panama.svg
S1:Panama
Flag S1:Flag of Panama (1903).svg
Image Map Caption:Panama from 1886 to 1903 under Colombian rule.
Capital:Panama City
Today:Panama
Life Span:1886–1903
Title Leader:Governor
Government Type:Departmental government

Panama was one of the Departments of Colombia, created under the 1886 constitution. Its predecessor was Panama State of the Republic of New Granada (1855–1858), the Granadine Confederation (1858–1863) and United States of Colombia (1863–1886). In 1903, it achieved independence as the modern Republic of Panama with the concession of the Panama Canal Zone to the United States. Colombia did not formally recognize the sovereignty of Panama until 1909.

A previous incarnation of the Panama Department, also known as the Isthmus Department, was part of Gran Colombia from 1824 to 1831.