FAST FACTS

• Name: Panama
  (long form) Republic of Panama
• Capital City: Panama City (880,691 pop.)
  (1,272,672 metro pop.)
• Panama Population: 3,322,576 (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Panama Balboa (PAB)
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  
  One Panama Balboa
• Ethnicity: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%
• GDP total: $43.48 billion
• GDP per capita: $12,700
• Land Sizes
• Language: Spanish (official), English
• Largest Cities: (by population) Panama City, San Miguelito, Tocumen, David, Arraijan, Colon, Las Cumbres, La Chorrera
• Name: It is unclear where Panama's name originated. Some think it was named after a prevelant tree species located in the country. Others think the name means "many butterflies" in a native tongue.
• Independence Day: November 3
• Religion: Catholic (85%), Protestant (15%)
• Symbols

Cannons on a old fort wall