Panama

By: Shannon Roark

Country Flag & Information

• Capital City: Panama City• Type of govt.: Constitutional republic, Unitary

state, Presidential system• Population: 3.571 million • Size: 29,157 square miles

Principal Products

• Fish and seafood• Gold• Cane sugar and • Bananas and pineapples

Currency

• Panamanian balboa• United States dollar

Main Tourist Attractions

• Pearl Islands• Boquete• Amador Causeway • Volcan Baru• Santa Catalina • San Blas Islands • Coiba• Bocas del Toro• Panama Canal

Brief History

• Panama had a rich Pre-Colombian history with its native populations who have lived here over 12,000 years. Central Panama was the site of some of the first pottery-making villages in the Americas. The Monagrillo culture dates from 2500-1700 BC. These populations are best known from the spectacular burials of the Conte site and the beautiful polychrome pottery of the Coclé style. The indigenous population was said to be between one and two million people.

Citations

• www.mapsofworld.com• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama• http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2030.htm• http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-i

n-panama/