Panama Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Panama with its capital Panama City is located in North America (Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean). It covers some 78,201 square kilometres (slightly smaller than South Carolina) with 3,292,000 citizens. Spanish and English are the the languages commonly used by the people in Panama. It is charing borders with Costa Rica and Colombia.

Panamais a country in Central America with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, with Colombia (and South America) to the southeast and Costa Rica (and North America) to the northwest. The ease of travel and wide array of experiences are making Panama one of the most attractive emerging tourism destinations in the world. In just one week, visitors can enjoy two different oceans, experience the mountains and rainforest, learn about native cultures and take advantage of vibrant urban life. The capital, Panama City, is a modern, sophisticated metropolis that resembles Miami and has established commerce, arts, fashion and dining. Fodors, Frommers and National Geographic have all recently began publishing guides for Panama, only the second country in Central America, behind Costa Rica, to have such extensive travel coverage.

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About Panama

The landscape features interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains and coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills. The average density of population is about 42 per km². The climate in Panama can be described as tropical maritime with hot, humid, cloudy, prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May). Potential threats by nature are occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area.

To reach someone in Panama dial +507 prior to a number. There are 537,100 installed telephones. And there are 5,677,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".pa". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz. The following list are the 12 regions/states in Panama we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Panamanian population grew at a rate of 1.46% (or by 49,898 citizens). With 15,757 deaths and 67,224 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.51%. -1,569 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Panama: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.