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Panama is located at the southernmost part of Central America. With a total area of 75,517 sq km, Panama has the biggest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere outside the Amazon Basin.

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What ethnicity is panamaians?

A majority of Panamanians are of mixed European White and Native American background. They are referred to as "Mestizos" (masculine) or "Mestizas" (feminine) in Spanish.

There are substantial minorities of people that are mostly of European or Amerindian background. Afro-Panamanians, brought originally in the West African slave trade, are another ethnic group present. There are also some Afro-Carribbean migrants, forming another group among Black Panamanians.

The Chinese are the largest of recently arriving groups that are not West African, European or Indigenous Panamanian.

What is Howard Air Force Base Panama being used for today?

http://www.costaricapages.com/panama/blog/about-panama-arraijan-the-former-howard-air-force-base-287 The above link describes what the current use of HAFB.

What is Panama's national bird?

The national tree of Panama is the Panama tree (Sterculia apetala).

When was agent orange used in the Panama Canal Zone?

The United States has never admitted to the use of agent orange in the Panama Canal Zone.

Does Panama also practice voodoo and santeria?

Manuel Antonio Noriega apparently practiced voodoo but it is not a common religion in Panama.

What is dia de los tres Reyes magos in panama?

Three Kings' Day (January 6), supposedly the day the Magi showed up in Bethlehem to worship the baby Jesus.

The day the Panama Canal was finished?

October 10, 1913

really i say it was finishes in 1914. on October, 10 hi Oscar

What present oversaw the building of the Panama Canal?

If the question is what President oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal, it would be Theodore Roosevelt.

A ship on the Atlantic Ocean enters the panama Canal at the city of what?

The Panama Canal is a man-made canal in Panama which joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco via the canal travels 9,500 km (6,000 miles), well under half the 22,500 km (14,000 mile) route around Cape Horn.Although the concept of a canal near Panama dates back to the early 16th century, the first attempt to construct a canal began in 1880 under French leadership. After this attempt failed and saw 21,900 workers die, the project of building a canal was attempted and completed by the United States in the early 1900s, with the canal opening in 1914. The building of the 77 km (48 mile) canal was plagued by problems, including disease (particularly malaria and yellow fever) and landslides. By the time the canal was completed, a total of 27,500 workmen are estimated to have died in the French and American efforts.=Since opening, the canal has been enormously successful, and continues to be a key conduit for international maritime trade. The canal can accommodate vessels from small private yachts up to large commercial vessels. The maximum size of vessel that can use the canal is known as Panamax; an increasing number of modern ships exceed this limit, and are known as post-Panamax or super-Panamax vessels. A typical passage through the canal by a cargo ship takes around nine hours. 14,011 vessels passed through in 2005, with a total capacity of 278.8 million tons, making an average of almost 40 vessels per day.==While the Pacific Ocean is west of the isthmus and the Atlantic to the east, the journey through the canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic is one from southeast to northwest. This is a result of a the isthmus's "curving back on itself" in the region of the canal. The Bridge of the Americas at the Pacific end is about a third of a degree of longitude east of the end near Colon on the Atlantic.=

Why was the Panama Canal put in Panama?

The Panama canal was built in Panama because that is the narrowest point between North and South America.