Literal question
6. Where were you born?
Write the name of the district of birth. If born in the Panama Canal Zone, write "Canal Zone". If born abroad, write the name of the country of birth.
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Interviewer instructions
(Applicable to persons of all ages)
(Questions 1-10)
Question 6 Where were you born?
For persons born within the territory of the Republic, write the name of the district and the locality where the person to be enumerated was born. Example: San Félix, Macaracas, Cañazas. For this Census, La Comarca de San Blas is considered a district.
The alphabetic list of the districts that form the Republic has been included as an annex so that one can verify if the name that the person to be enumerated has given really corresponds to one of those districts.
If the person to be enumerated was born in the Panama Canal Zone, write "Canal Zone".
If the person to be enumerated was born outside of the Republic, write the name of the country of birth.
In the case of persons born in colonies or territories of foreign countries, write the names of those countries. Example: Jamaica, Curazao, The Virgin Islands, Martinique, etc.