Panama
in Central America
North America

National active POI Bordering countries
Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Balboa - PAB
Spoken languages:
Spanish, English
Local electricity:
120 V - 60 Hz (plugs: A, B)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 3G, 4G
ISO 2-Letter code:
PA
Internet top level domain:
.pa
Country phone prefix:
+507
Local Time (capital):
Timezone:
UTC/GMT offset: hours

Map of Panamanian Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Panama in North America. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo. On the list since 1980. The youngest site is Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection. On the list since 2005.

Name Since
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
Founded in 1519 by the conquistador Pedrarías Dávila, Panamá Viejo is the oldest European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas. It was laid out on a rectilinear grid and marks the transf...		 1997
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
Coiba National Park, off the southwest coast of Panama, protects Coiba Island, 38 smaller islands and the surrounding marine areas within the Gulf of Chiriqui. Protected from the cold winds and effect...		 2005
Darien National Park
Forming a bridge between the two continents of the New World, Darien National Park contains an exceptional variety of habitats – sandy beaches, rocky coasts, mangroves, swamps, and lowland and uplan...		 1981
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture, these Panamanian forts on the Caribbean coast form part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic ...		 1980