es Rep blica de Panam conventional long name Republic of Panama common name Panama image flag Flag of Panama.svg image coat Coat of Arms of Panama.svg image map Panama orthographic projection .svg ... anthem of Panama official languages Spanish demonym Demographics of Panama Panamanian capital Panama City, PanamaPanama City latd 8 latm 58 latNS N longd 79 longm 32 longEW W largest city capital ... title1 President of Panama President leader name1 Ricardo Martinelli leader title2 Vice President of Panama Vice President leader name2 Juan Carlos Varela legislature National Assembly of Panama ... 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a title Panama publisher International Monetary Fund accessdate April 19, 2012 ref ... calling code 507 Panama IPAc en audio En us Panama 2.ogg p n m Respell PAN mah lang es Panam , officially the Republic of Panama lang es Rep blica de Panam links no IPA es re pu lika e ... is Panama City . Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain ... , named the Republic of Gran Colombia . When the latter dissolved in 1830, Panama and Nueva Granada ... States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the Panama Canal to be built by the U.S. Army ... of the Canal from the United States to Panama by the end of the century. ref name cia cite web url ... portion of Panama s GDP. Panama has the third or fourth largest economy in Central America ... most recent by country publisher Nationmaster.com accessdate June 26, 2010 ref In 2010 Panama ranked ... UNDP author UNDP Human Development Report 2010 p. 144 ref As of 2010, Panama is the second most ... Economic Forum WEF . Panama s jungle is home to an abundance of tropical plants, animals and birds ... americas country profiles 1229332.stm work BBC News title Country profile Panama date June 30, 2010 ref Etymology linked There are several theories about the origin of the name Panama . Some believe that the country ... arrived in Panama in August, when butterflies abound, and that the name means many butterflies ... more details
Politics of Panama In Panama a corregimiento is a subdivision of a district. See Cocl Province Districts Articles on third level administrative divisions of countries DEFAULTSORT Corregimientos Of Panama Category Corregimientos of Panama Category Subdivisions of Panama Category Country subdivisions of the Americas Panama 3 Category Third level administrative country subdivisions Corregimientos, PanamaPanama geo stub ... more details
Infobox public transit box width name Tramways of Panama image alt imagesize image2 alt2 imagesize2 image3 alt3 imagesize3 caption owner Ebasco 1917&ndash 1941 locale Panama City & Col n, Panama Col n ... Company 1893&ndash ca. 1898 br Panama Tramways Company 1913&ndash 1917 br Panama Electric Company ... on ogauge minimum radius of curvature convert 0 ft 0 in mm 0 el Overhead lines Panama City br ... WASSERq Panama Canal Canal BS5 ENDEr STRq STRq STRlg BS5 uKBHFa STR 0 Balboa, Panama Balboa BS5 uSTR ABZgl l CONTl to Col n, Panama Col n BS5 uSTR uKHSTa STR Anc n, Panama Anc n BS5 ueGRENZE ueGRENZE eGRENZE Panama Canal Zone Zone &ndash Panama City Ciudad BS5 uKHSTa uSTR uSTR STR Palacio de las Garzas ... STRrf Panama Canal Railway P.C. Rwy BS5 uexSTRlf ueABZlg BS5 uKHSTl uABZrf Santo Tomas Calle 34 BS5 ... or collapsed Tramways or tram s started service in Panama City in 1893 and lasted, with interruptions, until 1941. ref name morrison Passenger rail transport in Panama dates back to the 1850s when the first transisthmian railroad line across Panama was beginning to be built to supply an alternate ... url http www.tramz.com co pa pa.html title The Tramways of Colombia Panama date 1 February 2008 accessdate 2010 11 07 ref The Panama Railroad was operational from Col n to Panama City by 1855. An attempt to build a battery operated tram in Col n in 1910 was not successful. ref name morrison Panama ... company to build what would have been the first street railway in Panama City. ref name morrison ... On 1 October 1893 service was inaugurated on a Panama City line that was built with English financing ... started service just as the History of the Panama Canal first major attempt to build a canal across ... de Panama was started. The construction efforts helped boost ridership along the new tramway line ... along that first Panama City tramway line ended during the Thousand Days War , which lasted from 1899 to 1902. ref name morrison On 3 November 1903 the Republic of Panama Separation of Panama from Colombia ... more details
Image Pm map.png thumb 450px right The Isthmus of Panama See also Panama Canal The Isthmus of Panama ... the country of Panama and the Panama Canal . Like many isthmus es, it is a location of great strategic ... Sea, 1513 Image Nahl 1850 2C Der Isthmus von Panama auf der H C3 B6he des Chagres River.jpg thumb 300px An 1850 oil painting by Charles Christian Nahl, titled, The Isthmus of Panama on the height of the Chagres ... a Panama Canal Company in 1880 that went bankrupt in 1889 in a Panama scandals scandal . In 1902 04 the United States forced Colombia to grant independence to the department of the Isthmus , bought the remaining assets of the PCC and Panama Canal History finished the canal in 1914. Geology Before the present day isthmus was created, water covered the area where Panama is today. A significant body ... of the Isthmus of Panama is one of the most important geologic events in the last 60 million years. Even though only a small sliver of land relative to the sizes of continents, the Isthmus of Panama ... today. In short, the Isthmus of Panama directly and indirectly influenced ocean and atmospheric circulation ... news url http earthobservatory.nasa.gov Newsroom NewImages images.php3?img id 16401 title Panama Isthmus ... current ice age . The formation of the Isthmus of Panama also played a major role in biodiversity ...?img id 16401 Panama Isthmus that Changed the World. NASA Earth Observatory. http web.princeton.edu .... Mellander, Gustavo A. Nelly Maldonado Mellander 1999 . Charles Edward Magoon The Panama Years. R o ... category Isthmus of Panama Coord 8 40 N 80 0 W display title Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Isthmus Of Panama Category Landforms of Panama Category Isthmuses Panama Category Natural history ... T kiap bg ca Istme de Panam cs Panamsk je cy Culdir Panama da Panamatangen de Isthmus von Panama et Panama maakitsus es Istmo de Panam eo Istmo de Panamo eu Panamako istmoa fa fr Isthme de Panama fy L ningte fan Panama ko hi id Tanah Genting ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Panama Bay is a large body of water off the coast of southern Panama , at Coord 8.8333333 N 79.25 W . It is a part of the greater Gulf of Panama . Category Bays of PanamaPanama geo stub ... more details
Image IC Panama Limited combined.png thumb 300px right Drumhead sign Drumhead logos such as these often adorned the ends of observation cars on the Panama Limited . The Panama Limited was a premier all ... it connected to the main train. The Panama Limited was operated throughout its history by the Illinois ..., the Chicago and New Orleans Limited and was named in honor of the anticipated opening of the Panama Canal . File Panama Limited circa 1917.JPG thumb Postcard depiction of the train, circa 1917. The first Panama Limited ran as train numbers 3 northbound and 4 southbound carrying only sleepers, dining ... 15, 1916 the Panama Limited was again upgraded with new steel equipment. The train was renumbered ... . The Panama s schedule was reduced to 23 hours, and in keeping with its luxury status the Illinois ... Railroad Panama Limited diesel streamliner.JPG thumb The streamlined Panama Limited, circa 1940s or 1950s. The Panama Limited was streamlined in 1942. Citation needed Some Classic Trains by Arthur Dubin. date April 2012 The United States War Department allowed delivery of the new lightweight ... II. The first diesel electric powered streamlined run of the Panama took place on May 1, 1942 on an 18 ... World War II the schedule was reduced to 16 hours, 30 minutes and again charged the extra fare. The Panama ... Central marketed heavily. A well known multi course meal service on the Panama Limited was the Kings ... & Ohio Railroad which it used for operation on the Panama to further promote this service. Along with the Pennsylvania ... Star was dropped from the timetable and Illinois Central discontinued the St. Louis section of the Panama ... service The final day of operation of the Panama Limited by the Illinois Central Railroad took place ... of New Orleans over the Panama Limited. Because this train made no connections with other trains ..., 1971 and revived the Panama Limited name. ref name sanders cite book last Sanders first Craig title ... written by Steve Goodman and recorded in 1972 by Arlo Guthrie . ref name sanders rp 96 The Panama Limited ... more details
double image right Flag of Panama.svg 187 Coat of Arms of Panama.svg 102 The Flag of Panama The Coat of arms of Panama Image LocationPanama.svg thumb The location of Panama Image Panama relief 1995.jpg thumb An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Panama See also Index of Panama related articles The Republic of Panama is a List of sovereign states sovereign country located on the Isthmus of Panama ... library publications the world factbook geos pm.html title Panama work The World Factbook publisher ... categorize Panama as a transcontinental nation connecting the North America northern and South America southern portions of the Americas . Panama borders Costa Rica to the north west, Colombia ... and Caribbean side. Although Panama is the 3rd largest economy in Central America, after Guatemala ... ref The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Panama TOC limit limit 2 General reference Image Panama CIA WFB Map.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of Panama International Phonetic Alphabet Pronunciation Common English country name Panama Official English country name The Republic of Panama Common endonym s List of countries and capitals in native languages Official ... forms of place names Countries and nations Demonym s Etymology Name of Panama International rankings of Panama ISO country codes PA, PAN, 591 ISO region codes See ISO 3166 2 PA Internet country code top level domain .pa Geography of Panama Image Panama Topography.png thumb An enlargeable topographic map of Panama Main Geography of PanamaPanama is a Nation state country Location Northern Hemisphere ... America Time zone Eastern Standard Time UTC 05 Extreme points of Panama High Volc n Bar convert 3475 ... Rica 330 km Flag Colombia 225 km Coastline 2,490 km Population of Panama 3,343,000 List of countries by population 131st most populous country Area of Panama 75,517 km sup 2 sup commons Atlas of Panama Atlas of Panama Environment of Panama Image Satellite image of Panama in March 2003.jpg thumb ... more details
specific information . U.S. Department of State March 18, 2009 . PD notice ref Traffic in Panama ...Original research date February 2011 Infobox economy country Panama image Bridge of the Americas night.JPG ... exploreeconomies panama title Doing Business in Panama 2012 publisher World Bank accessdate 2011 ... pm spelling The economy of Panama is a fully dollarized ref name fully dollarized cite web url http ... of the Panama Canal canal and military installations by the United States US has given rise to new construction projects. Panama s economy is based primarily on a well developed services sector that accounts for nearly 80 of its GDP . Services include the Panama Canal , banking, the Col n Free Trade ..., textiles and more recently, handmade artisan creation of Bush plane s. Also the leading exports for Panama are bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, and clothing. Panama Government and UN Stats Nominal GDP in Panama was in million of balboa or US dollar 11,691 in 2002, 13,099 in 2004, 14,004 in 2005 Prelim , 15,141.9 in 2006 est , as reported by Office of Statistics and Census, Government of Panama. ref ... fueled by the construction sector, transportation, port and Panama Canal related activities, and tourism ..., Panama still has the second most unequal income distribution in Latin America. ref http www.state.gov ... after the Spanish arrived, when the conquistadors used Panama to transport gold and silver from Peru ... country Panama abbr pa editor Sandra W. Meditz & Dennis M. Hanratty date December 1987 section Growth and Structure of the Economy author Scott D. Tollefson ref Panama has been affected by the cyclical ... the isthmus declined. In the mid 19th century, Panama s economy boomed as a result of increased cargo ... coins td tr tr td colspan 2 style text align center The Panama Canal. td tr style background ... Resources GDP PPP.pdf ref 1 9.2 2009 43.719 1 2.4 July,2009 File Panama econ 1981.jpg thumb left Economic activity of Panama, 1981. The United States completed the canal in 1914, and canal ... more details
Panama or Panam is a republic in Central America. Panama may also refer to Geography and places Isthmus of Panama , the isthmus on which the country is located Panama Canal , a famous canal through the isthmus Panama City , the capital of the Republic of Panama Panam Province , one of that country s component provinces Brazil Panam , Goi s , a city in the state of Goi s Canada Terminus Brossard Panama AMT , a bus terminal in Brossard, Quebec United States Panama, California Panama, California, alternate name of Rio Bravo former settlement , California Panama City, Florida Panama City Beach, Florida Panama, Illinois Panama, Iowa Panama, Nebraska Panama, Oklahoma Sri Lanka Panama Beach, Arugam Bay Media Panama jazz standard , a traditional jazz tune Panama Prison Break Panama Prison Break episode , the 42nd episode of Prison Break Panama song , a song by American hard rock band Van Halen Panama Hattie , a theater musical Panama album Panama album , an album by A Balladeer Ships USS Panama SP 101 USS Panama SP 101 , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1920 USS Panaman ... from 1918 to 1919 SS Panama 1902 , a passenger ship launched in 1902. Other Panama ad system , an online advertising platform Panama, a brand of cigar produced by Imperial Tobacco, sold in the United Kingdom Panama cocktail , a cocktail made with cognac PANAMA , a cryptographic primitive that can be used as a hash function and a stream cipher Panama disease , a banana plant disease Panama hat , a traditional brimmed hat Panama sheep , an American sheep breed disambig geo bg br Panama ca Panama cs Panama rozcestn k de Panama Begriffskl rung es Panam desambiguaci n fr Panama homonymie it Panama disambigua ht Panama menm non lv Panama noz mju atdal ana lt Panama reik m s mn nl Panama ja no Panam andre betydninger oc Panam pl Panama ujednoznacznienie pt Panam desambigua o ro Panama dezambiguizare ru sk Panama fi Panama t smennyssivu ... more details
for the musician Panama Red musician Panama Red , Panamanian Red , ref Dalzell, Tom and Terry Victor. 2005 . http books.google.com books?id mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg PA1439&dq panama.red marijuana&sig M1A48Y5i1 SL3Kv0nt4S1LlXcLU The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Volume II J Z . Taylor & Francis, p. 1439. Retrieved on 2007 10 02. ref or P.R. ref Campbell, Reginald L., R. Everett Langford. 1995 . http books.google.com books?id k9gH8DObU2IC&pg PA185&dq panama.red marijuana&sig NFXhKrrcwjHdSmbnuDWUm5BfzKs Substance Abuse in the Workplace . CRC Press, p. 185. Retrieved on 2007 10 02. ref is a pure cultivar of Cannabis sativa , popular among cannabis aficionados of the 1960s and 1970s, and renowned for its potency. ref Jim Keays Keays, Jim . 1999 . http books.google.com books?id mgNoWWcBztQC&pg PA164&dq panama.red marijuana&sig Xt3FajHz6j2pVQsr0IAUXIAAjeY His Master s Voice ... are thought to be dependent on the particular cultivar, rather than the Panama nian climate. ref U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare 1971 . http books.google.com books?id tQcx3hGuRxcC ... the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare . U.S. Government Printing Office ... University researcher reported that seed of a sample of Panama Red, grown in the very different climates ... of Panama, and its claylike red color. ref Girdano, Daniel A., Dorothy Dusek. 1980 . http .... ref Production was common in Panama s sparsely populated Pearl Islands . ref Pardey, Lin and Larry .... ref Cannabis culture died off in Panama with the rise of cocaine Cocain Trafficking and distribution trafficking . Popular culture Panama Red is the lead off song and single from the 1973 album The Adventures of Panama Red by country rock band The New Riders of the Purple Sage . Peter Rowan , the writer ... Apocalypse Now ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki Apocalypse Now ref Panama Red is the name of a song ... pop band The Yellow Balloon. Notes Reflist References cite web title SongFacts Panama Red ... more details
About the town in Panama the neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gamboa Rio de Janeiro Image Gamboa ... May 1998 .jpg thumb 250px Entrance to the Panama Canal Dredging Division Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama . It was one of a handful of permanent Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name ... side of Panama, its watershed is on the Atlantic side. A single lane iron and wood bridge crosses ... led to the temporary closure of the Panama Canal . Image 61 Gaillard Hwy Gamboa Post Office May ... by mule. After the completion of the Panama Railroad in 1855, the railroad ran near the area, but made ... commissary, operated by a division of the Panama Canal Company Canal Zone Government, also operated out of three box cars. After many years of studies and debates, the Panama Canal Company moved its ... by Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone Governor J.L. Schley studied the feasibility of moving the Dredging ... 1, 1939 and eventually included a 9 hole golf course. Gamboa, like most Panama Canal Zone Canal ... towns, Gamboa was seen as less desirable than some of the other Panama Canal Company Canal Zone Government .... U.S. personnel continued living in Gamboa until the total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Panama in 1999. Over time as the Panama Canal Company Canal Zone Government began to transfer operations to Panama following the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties , some of the services offered in Gamboa were shut ... the 1980s. The demise of the Panama Railroad in the late 1980s further cut the town off from the rest of the Canal area. Gamboa s elementary school was built in 1937 by the Panama Canal Company Canal ... upstairs, with a kindergarten classroom underneath. The school was transferred to the Department of Defense Dependents Schools DoDDS in 1979 after the abolition of the Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone ... Panama Canal Zone house in Gamboa 2011 . The town of Gamboa is still inhabited, but as a shadow ... more details
Use mdy dates date December 2011 rewrite date May 2009 History of Panama Culture of Panama The History of Panama is about the Isthmus of Panama region s long history that occurred in southern Central America ... country of Panama . File Pm map.png thumb 300px Location of Panama, between Pacific Ocean bottom ... polychrome pottery figure from the Gran Cocl archaeological site in Panama The earliest artifacts discovered of Indigenous peoples of the Americas indigenous peoples in Panama have included Paleo Indians projectile point s. Later central Panama was home to some of the first pottery making in the Americas ... isthmian cultures. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Panama was widely settled by Chibchan ... people of Panama lived by hunting, gathering edible plants & fruits, growing corn, cacao, and root ... In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing ... colonial times as the name for the Isthmus of Panama In 1509, authority was granted to Alonso de ... people had spoken of, that the Panama isthmus had another coast to the southwest along another ... Nuestra Se ora de la Asunci n de Panam present day Panama City , the first European settlement ... was superseded as Governor of Panama by Pedro de los R os, and retired to Le n in Nicaragua, where he was named its new governor on July 1, 1527. Here he died on March 6, 1531, at the age of 91. Panama ... Real and Camino de Cruces , linking Panama City and the Pacific with Nombre de Dios and later with Portobelo ... Dios Portobelo. Explorations and conquest expeditions launched from Panama claimed new lands and riches ... were also pursued. Royal Audiencia of Panama See Royal Audiencia of Panama Image New Caledonia in Darien.jpg ... In 1538 the Audiencia Real de Panama , Royal Audiencia of Panama , was established, initially ... located on the Pacific coast, Panama City was relatively free of the permanent menace of pirates ... attraction known as Panama Viejo . Panama was the location in 1698 of the Darien scheme which set up ... more details
Culture of PanamaPanama has been an important media hub, because of its strategic location between North America North and South America . The largest newspapers in Panama in terms of circulation are American Panama , CriticaLa Prensa , and El Siglo Panama El Siglo all of which are published in Panama City . Weekly newspapers include the Critica Libre and La Cronica . All of these are published in Spanish language Spanish , and are also based in Panama City. The media of Panama has been highly influenced by that of the United States, since the construction of the Panama Canal . Radio broadcasting in Panama began in 1922, and television broadcasting in 1956. Radio and television broadcasts also reached the Panama Canal Zone because it lay within the vicinity of Panama. A famous military broadcast network, the Southern Command Network SCN , broadcast in Panama until the United States withdrew from the canal in 1999. The SCN remained on the air for hours during the invasion of Panama by U.S troops in 1989. Color television in Panama is provided by the NTSC system. The media was under strict control during the regime of the dictators that ruled Panama from 1968 to 1989, including Manuel Noriega . The newsletter La Prensa was formed in 1981 to oppose his rule. The media of Panama was very anti Americanism anti American following Noriega s overthrow, and highly influenced the 1994 presidential election. Panama s official broadcaster is National Television of Panama , which was founded in 1961. NTP started Panama s first color television service in 1972. Freedom of the press is guaranteed in Panama, as is the case in most other countries in the Western Hemisphere. See also List of radio stations in Panama List of newspapers in Panama List of television stations in Panama Further reading Mellander, Gustavo A. Nelly Maldonado Mellander 1999 . Charles Edward Magoon The Panama Years ..., Ill. Interstate Publishers. OCLC 138568. Americas topic Media of Panama topics Category Panamanian ... more details
is particularly hazardous on the old Panama City Colon highway. ref name travel http travel.state.gov travel cis pa tw cis cis 994.html Panama Country specific information . U.S. Department of State March ...Transport in Panama is fairly well developed. The majority of the trips are done by car while a great part in public transport. The public transportation system is in need of modernization and other improvements. Rail transport Railways Main articles Rail transport in Panama , Panama Railway br total 355 km br broad gauge 0 km RailGauge 60 gauge 2000 converted to standard gauge br standard gauge 76 km RailGauge ussg gauge 2000 converted from broad gauge br Narrow gauge railway narrow ... Colombia no FERISTSA Railway was proposed to connect Mexico with Panama. ref cite web url http www.bnamericas.com ... km 1999 est. Highways are somewhat well developed for Central America. In Panama City are 6 highways working being that the Panama Arraijan Bridge of the Americas , Panama Arraijan Centennial Bridge , Arraijan Chorrera, Corredor Norte , Corredor Sur , and Autopista Alberto Motta Panama s roads ... due to lack of regulatory enforcement. Since 2007, auto insurance is mandatory in Panama. ref http mensual.prensa.com mensual contenido 2007 02 27 hoy panorama 903035.html ref Traffic in Panama moves ... Draft hull draft Ship vessels 82 km Panama Canal Pipeline transport Pipelines crude oil 130 km Sea port Ports and harbor s Atlantic Ocean Manzanillo, Panama Manzanillo part of Colon region Colon area Coco Solo Pacific Ocean Balboa, Panama Balboa Other Cristobal Vacamonte Merchant marine br .... http www.copa airlines.co.uk Copa Airlines UK Site The national airline of Panama http www.copaair.com Copa Airlines See also PanamaPanama Railway Rail transport by country References Reflist CIA World Factbook Americas topic Transport in Panama topics DEFAULTSORT Transport In Panama Category Transport in Panama fr Transport au Panama it Trasporti in Panam ... more details
File Map of United States of Colombia State of Panama 1863 .png 250px right thumb 1863 Panama State File Estado de Panam .jpg 250px thumb Panam State Panam State was one of the states of Colombia . ref name Estado federal de Panam http www.colombiestad.gov.co index.php?option com jbook&task view&Itemid &id 736 Colombiestad Estad stica de Colombia 1876 ref Created 27 February 1855 under the name Estado Federal de Panam Federal State of Panam . ref name Constituci n Biblioteca Nacional de Panam http bdigital.binal.ac.pa bdp descarga.php?f const Constitucion1855.pdf Constituci n pol tica del Estado de Panam de 1855 y http bdigital.binal.ac.pa bdp descarga.php?f const Constitucion1863.pdf Constituci n pol tica del Estado soberano de Panam de 1863 ref Later was recognized as Estado de la Federaci n in the constitution of the Granadine Confederation of 1858, ref http www.cervantesvirtual.com servlet SirveObras 01477398877125528632268 index.htm Cervantes Virtual Constituci n de la Confederaci n ... the territory previously held by the Panam State belongs mostly to the Republic of Panama , regardless ... Panam Cocl Department capital Nat ciudad Nat . Col n Department Colombia Col n Department capital Col n ciudad Col n . Chiriqu Department capital David . F brega Department capital Santiago . Herrera Department capital Pes ciudad Pes . Los Santos Department capital La Villa de Los Santos . Panam Department capital Ciudad de Panam . Later, during the administration of Jos Leonardo Calancha 1864 , reduced the number of departments to 6 ref name Historia de Panam Cocl Department capital Penonom . Col n Department Colombia Col n Department capital Col n . Chiriqu Department capital David . Los Santos Department capital La Villa de Los Santos . Panam Department capital Panam . Veraguas Department capital San Francisco de la Monta a . References reflist States of Colombia coord ... es Estado Soberano de Panam fr tat souverain du Panama ... more details
Panama . U.S. Department of State March 2009 . PD notice ref Panama is a net food importer and the U.S. ... November 2009 File VISITA A LOS SANTOS MACARACAS 043.jpg thumb right Maize cultivation in Panama For centuries, agriculture was the dominant economic activity for most of PanamaPanama s population. After construction of the Panama Canal , agriculture declined its share of GDP fell from 29 percent .... About half of the land in Panama is used for agriculture. Several large international companies dominate ... of the largest landowners in Panama, as well as the main banana exporter. Other major foreign .... The main livestock products in Panama are beef , veal , chicken , and pork . Panama has the highest ... it was worth US 69 million. Panama has significant stocks of timber , mainly mahogany . There are also ... have led to increased regulation of the timber industry. During the 1990s, Panama annually lost 2.1 ... 200708 146291981.pdf Panama Biotechnology Biotechnology Report . USDA Foreign Agricultural Service ... for most of Panama s population. After construction of the canal, agriculture declined its share ... Panama abbr pa editor Sandra W. Meditz & Dennis M. Hanratty date December 1987 section Agriculture ..., farm subsidies, and other supports. ref name csag Currently, Panama is a net food importer and the U.S. by far, is its main supplier. ref name biotechnology Land use Panama s land area totals approximately ... Highway. ref name cslanduse Country study country Panama abbr pa editor Sandra W. Meditz & Dennis M. Hanratty date December 1987 section Land Use author Scott D. Tollefson ref Panama s climate and geology ... of workers from the countryside to the cities. ref name cslandtenure Country study country Panama ..., however, has not been as explosive in Panama as in many other Latin American countries. This was because ... in or near Panama City. Also, about 95 percent of all farm land was owner operated, and virtually ... Major agricultural products in Panama include bananas and other fruit, corn, sugar, rice, coffee, shrimp ... more details
File INdeP.jpg thumb 280pix School children Education in Panama is compulsory education compulsory for the first seven years of primary education and the three years of Middle School. ref name bn http www.state.gov r pa ei bgn 2030.htm Background Note Panama . Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs , U.S. Department of State February 2008 . This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . ref ref http www.oei.es quipu panama Ley Educ 34 95 Ministry of Education of Panama ref As of the 2004 2005 school year there were about 430,000 students enrolled in grades one through six 95 attendance . ref name bn The total enrollment in the six secondary education secondary grades for the same period was 253,900 60 attendance . ref name bn More than 90 of Panamanians are literate . ref name bn As of 2004, more than 92,500 Panamanian students attended the University of Panama , the Technological University of Panama , West Coast University Panama and the University of Santa Maria La Antigua , a private Roman Catholic Church Catholic institution. ref name bn Including smaller colleges, there are 88 institutions of higher education in Panama. ref name bn History Public education began in Panama soon after independence from Colombia in 1903. The first efforts were guided by an extremely paternalistic view of the goals of education, as evidenced in comments made in a 1913 meeting of the First Panamanian Educational Assembly, The cultural heritage given to the child should be determined by the social position he will or should occupy. For this reason education should be different in accordance with the social class to which the student should be related. This elitist focus changed rapidly under United States influence. ref name cs Country study country Panama ... Panama 94 percent of city dwelling adults were literate, but less than two thirds of those in the countryside ... Americas topic Education in Panama topics Category Education in Panama es Educaci n en Panam ... more details
SS Panama may relate to the following ships SS Panama 1848 6 , was a ship of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company . SS Panama 1881 6 , was a British ship that was wrecked in 1891. SS Aleutian SS Panama was an 1898 built passenger liner of the Panama Canal Railway Panama Railroad Steamship Company 1905 1926. SS Panama 1902 6 , was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1920, renamed RFA Maine and served in the Mediterranean Fleet, on the China Station, and was based at Alexandria, Egypt, during World War II. She was decommissioned in 1947, and broken up. SS Panama 1939 6 , was a ship of the Panama Line . Shipindex ... more details
good article Infobox paranormal creature Creature Name Panama Creature Image Name Panama Creature.jpg Image Caption One of the original photographs of the Panama Creature Grouping Sub Grouping AKA Panama Monster, Panama ET, other names Similar creatures Montauk Monster , Brown throated Sloth Country Panama First Reported September 2009 The Panama Creature ref name Snopes cite web url http www.snopes.com ... 5 April 2011 ref also variously referred to as the Panama Monster , ref name About Panama ET ref name NG cite web url http news.preview.nationalgeographic.com news 2009 11 091109 panama alien et creature sloth.html title Panama Alien Really a Dead, Bloated Sloth author Valle, Sabrina date 9 ... near the town of Cerro Azul, Panama Cerro Azul , Panama , in September 2009. After the creature ... to science. A biopsy performed by the National Environmental Authority of Panama on the remains a few ... 14 and 16 claim to have been playing near a cave in Cerro Azul, Panama Cerro Azul , Panama when the creature emerged. ref name NG ref name HP cite news title Unidentified Creature Panama Teens Discover ... New Montauk Monster spotted in Panama url http www.telegraph.co.uk news worldnews centralamericaandthecaribbean panama 6201333 New Montauk Monster spotted in Panama.html newspaper The Daily Telegraph ... Creature In Panama date 18 September 2009 publisher WBALTV.com accessdate 5 April 2011 ref Speculation ... b 2009 09 20 panama monster fuels speculation.htm title Panama Monster Fuels Speculation author ... over the course of a day. ref name Mercury cite news title Mystery Gollum creature found in Panama ... in panama reports 1628994.aspx newspaper Illawarra Mercury date 21 September 2009 accessdate 6 April ... 2008. ref name Telegraph A popular theory was that the Panama Creature was a sloth perhaps an albino ... were taken of a creature found on the coast between Panama and Costa Rica that was later confirmed to be a sloth that had started to decay. ref name Perth cite news title Kids kill Panama Montauk ... more details
Diocese of Panama may refer to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panam Diocese of Panama Anglican a diocese of the Anglican Church in Central America . disambig ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Indo Panamanians poptime 15,000 http mea.gov.in meaxpsite foreignrelation panama.pdf popplace Panama City Col n, Panama Col n langs Spanish language Spanish Various Indian Languages rels Hinduism Islam Christianity related c Indians in Belize Indians in Venezuela There are an estimated 15,000 people of Indian origin in Panama . They are employed in the shipping industry while others are mainly engaged in commerce. A majority are Hindu with a substantial Muslim minority and they maintain temples and mosques in Panama City and Col n, Panama Col n . Panama s Indian community originates from Gujarat or to Sindh now a part of Pakistan . The first significant immigration was during the US phase of the building of the Panama Canal, and were primarily from the Caribbean islands and British Guiana, now Guyana under British rule. Many of the founders of the Colon Free Zone were Indians. Since then, the Indian community has grown with a slow but steady stream of immigrants. References reflist Panama Demographics http moia.gov.in showsublink.asp?sublinkid 226 Indian Associations in Panama http mea.gov.in meaxpsite foreignrelation panama.pdf India Panama Relations http www.thepanamanews.com pn v 11 issue 15 community 01.html India Festival in Panama http www.thepanamanews.com pn v 11 issue 15 community 02.html Panama City s Hindu temple NRI PIO Category Indian diaspora by country Panama Category Ethnic groups in Panama ... more details
Image Gulf of Panama.png thumb 300px Gulf of Panama with minor gulfs. The Gulf of Panama lang es Golfo De Panam is a Headlands and bays gulf in the Pacific Ocean , near the southern coast of Panama . It has a maximum width of convert 250 km , a maximum depth of convert 220 m and the size of convert 2,400 sqkm . ref http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial nt nt1414 full.html World Wildlife Fund Gulf of Panama mangroves ref The Panama Canal connects the Gulf of Panama with the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . The Panamanian capital Panama City is the main urban centre on the gulf shore. The gulf itself also contains a few minor gulfs, with Panama Bay to the north, Gulf of Parita to the west and Gulf of San Miguel to the east. The gulf has a few islands and on the coast there are a few important ports, like Panama City, La Palma, Panama La Palma and Chitr . Pearl Islands is a group of over two hundred islands situated to the east in the gulf. Panama s largest river, Tuira River Tuira , flows south into the Gulf of San Miguel. Notes references coord 8.08642 N 79.28284 W source placeopedia scale 2500000 display title Category Bays of Panama Category Gulfs of the Pacific Ocean PanamaPanama geo stub bn ca Golf de Panam cs Panamsk z liv de Golf von Panam es Golfo de Panam fr Golfe de Panama fy Golf fan Panama gl Golfo de Panam ko it Golfo di Panama he lt Panamos lanka nl Golf van Panama ja no Panamabukten pl Zatoka Panamska pt Golfo do Panam ro Golful Panama ru sv Panamabukten th uk vi V nh Panama ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Panama Warriors is a major league amateur american football team based in Panama City , Panama , and founded in 1988. Currently the team plays on the LIFAP Liga de Football Americano de Panam , or Panama Football League for its meaning in English. The team is one of the ten teams that make up the LIFAP major football league. Other teams in the league include the Wolfpack 2007 champions , Sharks, Raiders and Col n, Panama Col n Eagles 2008 champions . The complete list of teams for the 2009 LIFAP tournament is as follows Wolfpack Warriors Sharks Raiders Col n, Panama Col n Eagles Vaqueros from Santiago de Veraguas Saints Florida State University Panama Canal Branch FSU Panama Seminoles Universidad Cat lica Santa Mar a La Antigua USMA Frailes Vikings Currently, both the Warriors and the Saints remain as the oldest major football organizations currently active in Panama. National Championships 1992 External links http warriors.com.pa Panama Warriors Official site http football.com.pa American Football in Panama Category American football teams Category Panama City Warriors Category Panam Province Panama stub Americanfootball stub ... more details
Panama Rose may refer to Rondeletia odorata , the Panama Rose, an evergreen shrub from Panama and Cuba The pseudonym used by Ira Cohen s then girlfriend Rosalind when she wrote The Hashish Cookbook in Tangier , Morocco mid 1960s , which was later published by Cohen s Gnaoua Press New York, 1966 disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 Politics of PanamaPanama is divided into nine province s lang es provincias and three provincial level indigenous regions Spanish Comarca comarcas ind genas , often foreshortened to comarcas . There are two further comarcas within provinces that are considered equivalent ... declared it a province. Image Countries Panama provinces 2005 10 18 en.png thumb center 200px A map of Panama, showing its nine provinces and three provincial level comarcas ind genas indigenous ... Toro Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro Chiriqu Province Chiriqu David, Panama David Cocl Province Cocl Penonom Col n Province Col n Col n, Panama Col n Dari n Province Dari n La Palma, Panama La Palma Herrera Province Herrera Chitr Los Santos Province Los Santos Las Tablas, Panama Las Tablas Panam Province Panam Panama City Panam Veraguas Province Veraguas Santiago de Veraguas Comarcas ... Porvenir, Panama El Porvenir Ng be Bugl Comarca Llano Tugri class wikitable sortable Sub Provinces class wikitable sortable Comarca Province Kuna de Madugand Panama City Kuna de Wargand Dari n, Panama Dari n See also ISO 3166 2 PA br clear all Provinces and regions of Panama Stubs Articles on first ... divisions of South American countries Panama topics DEFAULTSORT Provinces Of Panama Categories Category Provinces of Panama Category Subdivisions of Panama Category Lists of country subdivisions Panama, Provinces Category Country subdivisions of the Americas Panama 1 Category First level administrative country subdivisions Provinces, Panama Category Panama related lists Panama geo stub Other languages ... de Panam eu Panamaren banaketa administratiboa fr Provinces du Panama hy ... Provincies van Panama ja pl Podzia administracyjny Panamy pt Prov ncias do Panam ro Subdiviziunile Republicii Panama ru sv Panamas provinser uk vi Ph n c p h nh ch nh Panama zh ... more details
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