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{{Short description|Country code top-level domain for Panama}}
{{Third-party|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox top level domain
| name = .pa
| image = NIC Panama Logo.png
| introduced = 25 May 1994
| type = [[Country code top-level domain]]
| status = Active
| registry = [[Nic Panamá]]
| sponsor = [[PANNET]], [[Universidad Tecnologica de Panama]]
| intendeduse = Entities connected with {{PAN}}
| actualuse = Fairly popular in Panama
| restrictions = Currently, for a registration under the second level domain name .pa, the registrant has to register the same domain name under a third Level domain.<ref name="prices">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Prices |url=http://www.nic.pa/en/prices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927141857/http://nic.pa/en/prices |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Nic Panamá |last1=Lopez |first1=Jenifer }}</ref>
| structure = Registrations are at second level, and at third level beneath second-level labels
| document = [https://nic.pa/es/FAQ FAQ]
| disputepolicy = [[UDRP]]
| website = [https://nic.pa/ NIC Panama]}}

'''.pa''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) for [[Panama]]. It was first registered in 1994-05-25.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=IANA WHOIS Service |url=https://www.iana.org/whois?q=pa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231102445/https://www.iana.org/whois?q=pa |archive-date=2022-12-31 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=IANA}}</ref> It is administered by NIC Panamá, which is run by the Universidad Tecnologica de Panama.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Member Profile: .pa |url=https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/member-profiles/pa.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813185503/https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/member-profiles/pa.htm |archive-date=2022-08-13 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=ICANN ccNSO}}</ref>

Because "PA" is also the [[postal code]] for the [[U.S. state]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and the [[Brazilian state]] of [[Pará]], it has had occasional use under that meaning, but this has not become widespread.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=December 2022}} Technically, Pennsylvania is assigned .pa.us under the [[.us]] locality namespace.

==Structure==
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, and at the third level under the designated second level domains.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of TLDs under .pa<ref name="terms">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Terms of Service |url=http://www.nic.pa/en/terms-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927142554/http://nic.pa/en/terms-service |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Nic Panamá}}</ref>
! Domain name !! Intended use
|-
| com.pa || Commercial entities
|-
| ac.pa || Institutions or institutions of higher education or research
|-
| edu.pa || Educational institutions or organizations, and educational projects
|-
| net.pa || Internet service providers
|-
| org.pa || Non-profit institutions or entities
|-
| gob.pa || Panamanian Government agencies or institutions
|-
| sld.pa || Health institutions or agencies
|-
| nom.pa || Natural persons
|-
| abo.pa || Professionals in the area of law (Lawyers)
|-
| ing.pa || Professionals of the engineering area
|-
| med.pa || Medical doctors
|}

==Restrictions==

Any term that is listed in the list of reserved terms cannot be registered as a domain name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Términos Reservado |url=http://www.nic.pa/es/terminos-reservados |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703074754/http://www.nic.pa/es/terminos-reservados |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Nic Panamá}}</ref> The list consists of, but is not limited to, other generic and country-code TLDs, country names, governmental entities, and DNS related terminology.

The server the domain points to can be located in any country; with the exception of .gob.pa domains, which are used solely for Panamanian Government agencies or institutions, should point to a server physically located in Panama.<ref name="requirements">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=Minimum Requirements |url=http://www.nic.pa/en/minimum-requirements |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927150759/http://nic.pa/en/minimum-requirements |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Nic Panamá |last1=Lopez |first1=Jenifer }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==

* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/pa.html IANA .pa whois information]

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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Telecommunications in Panama]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1994]]

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