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Description flag of Panama

divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star in the center

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Official country name

Republic of Panama

Short name

Panama

Local names

Republica de Panama (long)
Panama (short)

Nationality

Panamanian(s) (noun) Panama (adjective)

Languages spoken

Spanish (official), English 14%

Notes

many Panamanians bilingual

Capital

Panama

Government type

constitutional democracy

Population

3,309,679 ranked 137, (data 2008)

Geography

strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean. The lowest point is Pacific Ocean 0 m.

Coastline

Coastline 2,490 km.

Land borders

555km, Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km.

Administrative divisions

11 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); Bocas del Toro, Comarca Kuna Yala, Comarca Ngobe-Bugle, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*(Kuna Yala), and Veraguas

Independence

3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)