OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Panama

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional democracy

CAPITAL: Panama City

POPULATION: 3,608,431

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish, English

AREA: 29,118 square miles (75,416 square kilometers)

MONEY: Balboa, U.S. dollar

This Central American country is bordered by Costa Rica and Colombia, and is situated between the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean
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GEOGRAPHY

RIVERS AND LAKES

MOUNTAINS
1. Chiriquí, volcano (3.475 m) 
2. Fabrega, hill (3.335 m) 

3. Itamut, hill (3.279 m) 

4. Echandi, hill (3.163 m

5. Picacho, hill (2.874 m)

6. Repingo, hill (2.850 m)

7. Sin nombre 2520, hill (2.520 m)

8. Pando, hill (2.468 m) 

9. Santiago, hill (2.121 m)

10. Sin nombre 1964, hill (1.964 m) 

11. Tacarcuna, hill (1.875 m) 

12. La Bomba, hill (1.850 m)

FAUNA AND FLORA

Panama is home to many unique animals that are found only in Panama. The mysterious golden frogs have gleaming, shimmering skin and are thought to bring people good luck. The numbers of golden frogs is declining and so are the numbers of sea turtles.

PEOPLE  AND  CULTURE

Most Panamanians are descended from indigenous, or native, people, Europeans, Afro-Caribbeans, and immigrants from all over the world.
The three largest indigenous groups in Panama are the Kunas, Emberás, and Ngöbe-Buglés and they still live in the remote areas of the country.

They have their own dialects, languages, and customs and most of them also speak Spanish.

PANAMANIAN TRADITIONS

Folklore is the essential part of the people, with which they express their customs and conflicts highlighting their spiritual values, feelings and ideas that correspond to a region or country. Panama has a varied folklore and full of flavor, which shows the multiplicity of its origin.

FOOD

Here you have some of the typical dishes, recipes and food that you have to try in Panama:
Panamanian Sancocho

Rice with beans.

Corn tortilla.

Fried yucca.

Ceviche.

Panamanian tamales.

Meat "Ropa Vieja"

Cachapas

 

MUSIC

Panama is an extremely musical land, a Central American country that stands out for its tropical rhythms, Afro-Caribbean, urban, peasant and folkloric.