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Panama
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| Short Information | Capital: Panama
Language: Spanish
Currency: US dollar (USD) | |
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 PRIVATE TOURS IN Panama | | Panama Whitewater Rafting Tours - Chiriqui Province, east of Costa Rica and south of Bocas del Toro Province, is known has the highlands of Panama with, Volcan Baru, a volcano peak 13,000 feet above sea level. Its scenery, flora, fauna, topography and people are very different from the rest of the country. | | Panama City & Canal Tour - This tour will let you take in the architectural wonders of the Panama Canal as well as the vibrancy and beauty of the capital of the Republic. Our day will start at the Miraflores locks, located at the Pacific entrance to the Canal where our expert guide will let you in on the secrets and histories surrounding the building of the Canal. | | Zapatilla National Park Boat Tour in Bocas del Toro - Bocas del Toro is a sequence of islands or keys that are each wonderfully unique. The community is a water world of sorts, where locals get around in dugout canoes and small motor boats. |  See all private and personal tours in Panama |
| General details about Panama |  CAPITAL CITY OF Panama: Panama
LANGUAGE OF Panama: Spanish
CURRENCY OF Panama: US dollar (USD)
COMMENTS ABOUT Panama:
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is the southernmost country of Central America.
Cities: Panama City (capital), Colón, David, Gamboa
Best Places : Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colon, Boquete, Cerro Punta, Contadora, El Valle, Isla Grande, Pearl Islands, Pedasi, Portobelo, San Blas Islands, Taboga
Electricity : 120V/60Hz (USA plug)
Calling Code : +507
Time Zone : UTC-5
With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.
CLIMATE OF Panama: Tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season, called winter or invierno (May to January); short dry season, called summer or verano (January to May)
RELIGION OF Panama: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
POPULATION OF Panama: 3,000,463 (July 2004 est.)
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Panama: Panama's dollarised economy rests primarily on a well-developed services sector that accounts for three-fourths of GDP. Services include operating the Panama Canal, banking, the Colon Free Zone, insurance, container ports, flagship registry, and tourism. A slump in Colon Free Zone and agricultural exports, the global slowdown, and the withdrawal of US military forces held back economic growth in 2000-03. The government has been backing public works programs, tax reforms, new regional trade agreements, and development of tourism in order to stimulate growth. Unemployment remains at an unacceptably high level.
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