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Panama - GENERAL INFORMATION

Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food

Population

Main Cities	Population
Panama	910,000
Colon	154,000
David	112,000
Penonome	67,000
Santiago	67,000
Puerto Armuelles	66,000

Total population (millions):	3
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population:	57%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth:	1.5%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) :

75,520

Population origin

Origin of the population	% Of the population
Half-caste	65
African	15
Native European	10
Indian	6
Asian	4

Local time

It is %T:%M %A in Panama

GMT-5

Languages

Official language: Spanish
Business languages: Spanish and English, due to numerous relations, business connections and others, with the United States

Free translation tools in Panama :
Babel Fish
Free English-Spanish-English translation of texts and web pages

Systran
Free French-Spanish-French translation of texts and web pages

Dictionarios.com
Free Spanish-Catalan-English-French Dictionary

Religion

Religious practises : Catholics 80%
Protestants 10%
Muslims 5%
Others 5%.

Political system

Panama is a presidential republic, the President of the Republic is elected by direct universal suffrage every 5 years, he cannot stand as a candidate for the two following terms. President: Martin TORRIJOS since 09/01/04.

Climate

Tourism

Number of visitors in Panama	2002	2003	2004	World rank
Number of visitors (1000)	534	566	652	n.a.

Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

Tourist sites

The numerous islands which are spread over in the Pacific Ocean as well as in the Caribbean Sea.
The vast plain of Darien.

For more information about tourism in Panama , check out the following web site(s) :
IPAT (Panama Tourims Bureau)

Food

Traditional dishes

Ceviche: fish fillet marinaded in a lemon sauce with onions and peppers.
Palacones of platano: fried plantains.

Last modified in October 2005