.pa is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all ...

(ccTLD) for Panama. It was first registered in 1994-05-25. It is administered by NIC Panamá, which is run by the Universidad Tecnologica de Panama. Because "PA" is also the postal code for the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sov ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to ...

and the Brazilian state of

Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and ...

, it has had occasional use under that meaning, but this has not become widespread.

Structure

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

Restrictions

Any term that is listed in the list of reserved terms cannot be registered as a domain name. The list consists of, but 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.

References

External links

IANA .pa whois information
{{compu-domain-stub Country code top-level domains Telecommunications in Panama sv:Toppdomän#P