north america • PAN
Panama
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9° N / 80° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Panama City
- Population
- 4,515,577 2024
- Area
- 75,417 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Spanish
- Currency
- Panamanian balboa (PAB), United States dollar (USD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Panama
Panama is a country at the southern end of Central America. The country is known as the "Crossroads of the Americas" due to its location between North and South America. Its name, given by Indigenous peoples, means "abundance of fish," reflecting the country's status as a paradise for water sports lovers and eco-tourists.
Landscape & landmarks
The Panama Canal - one of the world's most important interoceanic connections and probably the first thing that comes to your mind when thinking about Panama. There are different ways to explore the canal: the most visited place at the canal is the Miraflores Visitor Center / Miraflores Locks in Panama City (see the city's article for details).Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-17. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Central America
- Calling code
- +507
- Internet domain
- .pa
- Land border codes
- COL, CRI
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .pa. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.