page_title: Outline of Panama
section_title: Geography of Panama
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Panama / Geography of Panama
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Panama. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Panama:
  Panama – sovereign country located on the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Some geographers categorize Panama as a transcontinental nation connecting the northern and southern portions of the Americas. Panama borders Costa Rica to the north-west, Colombia to the south-east, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the North Pacific Ocean to the south. It is an international business center and host to important ports, for the volume of traffic, in the Pacific and Caribbean side. Although Panama is the 3rd largest economy in Central America, after Guatemala and Costa Rica, it has the largest expenditure on resource consumption, making the country the largest consumer in Central America.
context_section_description: Geography of Panama
  Panama is: a country
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  Americas
  North America
  Middle America
  Central America
  Time zone:  Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05)
  Extreme points of Panama
  High:  Volcán Barú 3,475 m (11,401 ft)
  Low:  North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea 0 m
  Land boundaries:  555 km
   Costa Rica 330 km
   Colombia 225 km
  Coastline:  2,490 km
  Population of Panama: 3,343,000  - 131st most populous country
  Area of Panama: 75,517 km²
  Atlas of Panama
caption: An enlargeable topographic map of Panama
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