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It was built in the narrowest part of the isthmus. The existence of Gatun Lake was also a factor and eliminated a lot of digging. It was both shorter across and relatively low, requiring fewer locks to be built.

Yes there was slavery in Panama. The Spanish tried first with the native Americans which was not too successful. Then they bought Africans for slaves. The Africans that ran away from their masters were called Cimarrons. The Cimarrons helped Sir Francis Drake steal gold from the Spanish.

• Rice
• Sugar
• Bananas
• Shrimp
• Coffee
• Cattle
• Poultry and eggs
• Vegetables
• Other grains
• Beans

There are no diamond mines in Panama, but the geography has been chosen as a diamond trade hub with diamond brokerage businesses.

Apparently, gold mining does occur in the Donoso district.

They are exactly the same! Indeed the coins have identical composition and the US dollar is also legal tender. Although the coins have different designs to their US counterparts, they have the same specifications.

It traveled from north to south or from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

Panama's winter is considered the wet season and lasts from April to December, it rains almost every day but not non stop, temperature varies throughout the year but is usually between 80 and 90 degrees

The people of Panama normally engage in a number of games including playing football and volleyball. The people also go to cinemas and night clubs for recreation.

Panama City beach is very beautiful and more popular in the Florida is best and amazing beach rather than others beaches in the Florida. There are lot of visitors spend their weekend or vacation with family . It is peace place's Panama city beach ,there are many resorts and restaurants where tourist stay .Aqua-Gulf is best resort because they have provide every facilities to the visitors.

people got smashed and fell down and broke there legs. sad right

The land was mostly lakes and swamps already. It was just a matter of turning all the lakes, swamps and clearing the jungle/mountains from sea to sea to form a usable canal.

The Panama Canal is an example of imperialism. Theodore Roosevelt gave 20 million dollars to rebels in Panama to separate from Colombia. Colombia had refused to allow the US to make a canal. The US has invaded Panama when we did not like Manuel Noriega. Basically the US has treated Panama as a child that the US can discipline at will.

People in Panama have very diverse eating habits. Panamaâ??s Spanish, American, Afro-Caribbean and indigenous influences range from the very familiar to the exotic. Breakfast generally consists of deep-fried corn tortillas heaped with eggs and other goodies, including fried meat. Mango and coconut often embellish seafood dishes. A typical meal includes meat, coconut rice and beans accompanied byl fruits and vegetables such as yucca, squash or plantains.

Theodore Roosevelt was the president who was most responsible for the building of the Panama Canal. He engineered a revolution in Panama which made it possible for the US take over the canal from the French who had begun the project. Work continued throughout Taft's term and it finally opened for business in 1914 when Woodrow Wilson was President.

the brought people form all over the world to liove in panama the wst Indians first tried to built it but they failed so them the Americans tried and they succeded so that is how the panama cannal came to being

i think that we did not treat them farly because we are a very selfish country!

Arturo Corrales Alvarez is the Minister of Security for Honduras.

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Norway is a constitutional monarchy, which means they have a king and a prime minister, like the U.K. Norway is a fairly wealthy country, and it has the second highest employment rate in Europe. Norway has a mixed economy. It´s mixed between market economy and planned economy. The economy is very stable, even under the world wide financial cricis. As a matter of fact is Norway one of the most wealthy country in the world per inhabitant.

There are locks at each end of the Panama Canal that raise ships some 85 feet above sea level. The options to construct the canal were to either dig the canal down to sea level for the entire length or use locks to allow the canal height to be more in line with the natural terrain through which it passes.

Although the locks are technically more complex than simply cutting a channel, they reduced the work required dramatically and caused less damage to the surrounding land.

A lame answer would be 80 but a good answer is : "People say 77km, 80km, or 82km. It could be between 78km and 83km. To tell you The panama canal is actually under construction. It will double in size.

Panama means abundace of butterflies and fishes. Panama is also a name of a tree.

Operation Just Cause was conducted from 20 December 1989 until 31 January 1990.

The first serious attempt to build a canal to join the Atantic and Pacific Oceans was made by France. They gave up in 1893 and, starting in 1904, the U.S. began the completion, which took ten years. The land that made up the Canal Zone was purchase by the U.S. from Colombia for $25 million.

It is estimated that around 27 500 workers died in the construction of the Panama Canal. The Bubonic plague accounted for some of them, but malaria and yellow fever were far more prevalent, and killed considerably more workers.