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Capital Panama : |
Panama .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Panama :
| Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km .
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| Climate Panama :
| tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) .
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| Life expectancy Panama :
| 72.14 years .
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| Fertility rate Panama :
| 2.49 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Panama :
| constitutional democracy .
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| Population Panama :
| 3,000,463 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Panama :
| 78,200 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Panama :
| 386,900 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Panama :
| 834,000 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Panama :
| 507.
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| Sex ratio total Panama :
| 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Panama ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Panama ratio 15 64 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Panama ratio 65 :
| 0.9 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Panama :
| $-408 million (2003) |
| HIV Panama :
| 0.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Panama :
| 37% (1999 est.) |
| Literacy Panama :
| 92,60% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Panama :
| 1,20% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Panama :
| 35.7% (1997) |
| Inflation Panama :
| 1.4% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Panama :
| 13.8% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Panama :
| 120,000 (2002) |
| Location Panama :
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica |
| Geographic Coordinates Panama :
| 9 00 N, 80 00 W |
| Religion Panama :
| Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
| Administrative region Panama :
| 9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, and Veraguas |
| Terrain Panama :
| interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills |
| Elevation extremes lowest Panama :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Panama :
| Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m |
| Natural resources Panama :
| copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower |
| Land use arable land Panama :
| 7,36% |
| Land use permanentcrops Panama :
| 1,98% |
| Irrigated land Panama :
| 320 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Panama :
| occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area |
| Environment current issues Panama :
| water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources |
| Geography note Panama :
| strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean |
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Divisions
Bocas del Toro
Chiriqui
Cocle
Colon
Darien
Herrera
Los Santos
Panama
San Blas
Veraguas
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