.pa

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.pa

Introduced	25 May 1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Nic Panamá
Sponsor	PANNET, Universidad Tecnologica de Panama
Intended use	Entities connected with  Panama
Actual use	Fairly popular in Panama
Registration 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.[1]
Structure	Registrations are at second level, and at third level beneath second-level labels
Documents	FAQ
Dispute policies	UDRP
Registry website	NIC Panama

.pa is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Panama. It was first registered in 1994-05-25.^[2] It is administered by NIC Panamá, which is run by the Universidad Tecnologica de Panama.^[3]

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]}