Panama

Profile

Capital

Ciudad de Panama

Area

75,517 km²

Population

3.773.252 inhab.

Population density

49 inhab/km²

Government

Presidential Republic

Language

Spanish

Currency

Balboa

HDI

0,765 (2014)

Rural Data

Rural Popullation

1.433.836 inhab.

Nº rural communities

11.580

Panama is a country located at the southeast end of Central America. Its official name is Republic of Panama and its capital is Panama City. To the north of the country is the Caribbean Sea, to the south, the Pacific Ocean, to the east, Colombia and to the west, Costa Rica. Located on the isthmus that connects South America with Central America, its mountains are only interrupted by the Panama Canal. The country has abundant water and a long-standing history of hydraulic engineering linked with the huge construction works and protection of the canal between both oceans.