Location:
Located in the western hemisphere, Panama is the link between Central and South America, constituting an isthmus 80km wide in its narrowest section.
Area:
75,517km2(29,208 milles2).
Population:
Population: 2,839,177inhabitants(2000census)
Age distribution:
0-14 years 32.0%
15-29 years 26.8%
30-44 years 20.6%
45-59 years 12%
60-74 years 6%
75-89 years 2.3%
90+ years 0.3%
Literacy rate:
92.6%
Boundaries:
Limites to the North with the Carribean Sea, to the South with the Pacific Ocean, to the East with the Republic of Colombia and to the West with the Republic of Costa Rica.There are land borders of 225km with Colombia (on the west) and 330km Costa Rica(on the east).
Coastline longitude:
Panama's total coastline longitude is approximately 2,988.30km.The Pacific costline is 1,700.60km and the Caribbean coastline is 1,287.70km.
Surface:
Metropolitan region:16,775.5km and the rest of the country:58,739.5km
Political division:
It is comprised of nine provinces: Bocas del Toro,Chirqui,Cocle,Colon,Darien,Herrera,Los Santos,Panama and Veraguas;4 indigenous regions: Kuna Yala,Kuna Madugand,Ngobe-Bugle and Embera.
Legal syestem:
It is structured in a system of formal legislation headed by the political Constitution as the main legal source organized by the State.At a lower level are the laws of the Republic and the decrees-laws and cabinet decrees,which are organic and ordinary in character;
subsequently,the executive decrees, the regulations and the resolutions(administrative or judicial).The international treaties or agreements are ranked as laws.
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