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| Panama Facts |
Population: 3.11 millions (2005)e with 49 percent of the population living in urban areas
Climate: Tropical, average temperature: 80 degrees F. The average temperature in the
mountainous areas is 50 to 60 degrees F.
Rainy season: May through early December.
Dry season: mid-December through April.
Area: 75,517 square Km /29,157 square miles
Topography: Mountainous areas, which include the Central Mountain Range, the San
Blas Mountains and the Azuero Peninsula Western Mountain range, small hills and vast
savannahs near the Pacific coast. There are over 1,518 islands in the territorial waters
of Panama.
Language: Spanish, with English as a widespread second language.
Government: Democratic, Unitary, Republican and Representative.
Religion: 85 percent Catholic, 15 percent Protestant
Ethnic Groups: 62 percent Mestizo, 14 percent African, 10 percent White, 5 percent
Mulatto and 5 percent Indigenous
Currency: Balboa or U.S. Dollar
Economy: 75 percent service, 16 percent industry, 10 percent agriculture
Inflation Rate: 1.4 percent
Unemployment Rate: 16 percent (2002)e
Principal Trade Partners:
Export: U.S., Germany, Sweden.
Import: U.S., Japan
Climate: Tropical, average temperature: 80 degrees F. The average temperature in the
mountainous areas is 50 to 60 degrees F.
Rainy season: May through early December.
Dry season: mid-December through April.
Area: 75,517 square Km /29,157 square miles
Topography: Mountainous areas, which include the Central Mountain Range, the San
Blas Mountains and the Azuero Peninsula Western Mountain range, small hills and vast
savannahs near the Pacific coast. There are over 1,518 islands in the territorial waters
of Panama.
Language: Spanish, with English as a widespread second language.
Government: Democratic, Unitary, Republican and Representative.
Religion: 85 percent Catholic, 15 percent Protestant
Ethnic Groups: 62 percent Mestizo, 14 percent African, 10 percent White, 5 percent
Mulatto and 5 percent Indigenous
Currency: Balboa or U.S. Dollar
Economy: 75 percent service, 16 percent industry, 10 percent agriculture
Inflation Rate: 1.4 percent
Unemployment Rate: 16 percent (2002)e
Principal Trade Partners:
Export: U.S., Germany, Sweden.
Import: U.S., Japan
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