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Panama

PA / PAN   8.6°, -80.4°

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country located at the southern end of Central America in North America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over 4 million inhabitants.

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People are called
Panamanian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+507
Capital
Panama City
Population
4,570,133
Area
74,177 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
United States dollar
Languages
Spanish, Panamanian English Creole, English
Sells
copper ore, ships, refined petroleum, bananas
Sells to
China 25%, Japan 10%, USA 6%
Land borders
2: Colombia, Costa Rica
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+507
Founded
1903
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Panamanian

These are English demonyms for people from Panama. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Panama yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Panama in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Largest cities

Panama City  capital 408,168
San Miguelito 321,501
David 82,907
Colón 78,000

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (2)

Figures from its history

Omar Torrijos
Omar Torrijos Won back the Canal Zone Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was a Panamanian military officer, politician, and revolutionary who was the military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981.
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Noriega Dictator removed by the 1989 invasion Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian military officer and politician who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities.