Panama

Panama, offeecially the Republic o Panama is the soothrenmaist kintra in Central Americae an in turn North Americae. Situatit on the isthmus connectin North an Sooth Americae, it is bordered bi Costa Rica tae the wast, Colombie tae the sootheast, the Caribbean tae the north an the Paceefic Ocean tae the sooth. The caipital is Panama Ceety.

Panama wis inhabitit bi indigenous tribes afore Spaingie colonists arrived in the 16t century. It brak awey frae Spain in 1821 an jynt the Republic o Gran Colombia, a union o Nueva Granada, Ecuador, an Venezuela. Efter Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama an Nueva Granada eventually becam the Republic o Colombie. Wi the backing o the Unitit States, Panama secedit frae Colombie in 1903, allouin the construction o the Panama Canaul tae be completit bi the US Army Corps of Engineers atween 1904 an 1914. The 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties led tae the transfer o the Canaul frae the Unitit States tae Panama on 31 December 1999.

Revenue frae canaul towes conteenas tae represent a signeeficant portion o Panama's GDP, awtho commerce, bankin, an tourism are major an growin sectors. In 2015 Panama rankit 60t in the warld in terms o the Human Development Index. Syne 2010, Panama haes been the seicont-maist competitive economy in Laitin Americae, accordin tae the Warld Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index. Kiverin aroond 40 percent o its laund aurie, Panama's jungles are hame tae an abundance o tropical plants an ainimals – some o them foond nawhaur ense on the planet. Panama is a foondin member o the Unitit Nations an ither internaitional organisations sic as OAS, LAIA, G77, WHO an NAM.

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Category:Kintras in the Caribbean
Category:Kintras in Central Americae
Category:Bicontinental kintras
Category:Kintras borderin the Paceefic Ocean
Category:Leeberal democracies
Category:Republics
Category:Spaingie-speakin kintras an territories
Category:States an territories established in 1903
Category:Member states o the Unitit Naitions