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/ˈpænəmɑː/
pan-ə-mah
‘spanish’ –> panamá
[panaˈma]
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*official name* –>
“REPUBLIC OF PANAMA”
‘spanish’ –> república de panamá
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*FORMER LEADERS* –>
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(‘panama’ is a ‘trans-continental country’ in ‘central america’ situated between ‘north’ + ‘south’ america)
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(it is bordered by…)
*the ‘caribbean’*
(to the north)
‘costa rica’
(to the west)
‘colombia’
(to the south-east)
*the ‘pacific ocean’*
(to the south)
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(the ‘capital’ (+ ‘largest city’) is ‘panama city’, whose ‘metropolitan area’ is home to nearly half of the country’s ‘3.9 million people’)
(‘panama’ was inhabited by several ‘indigenous tribes’ prior to settlement by the ‘spanish’ in the ‘1500s’)
(‘panama’ broke away from ‘spain’ in ‘1821’ and joined a union of ‘nueva granada’ / ‘ecuador’ / ‘venezuela’) named the ‘republic of gran colombia’)
(when ‘gran colombia’ dissolved in 1831, ‘panama’ + ‘nueva granada’ remained joined, eventually becoming the ‘republic of colombia’)
(with the backing of the ‘united states’, ‘panama’ seceded from ‘colombia’ in ‘1903’, allowing the ‘panama canal’ to be built by the ‘USA army corps of engineers’ between ‘1904’ + ‘1914’)
(in ‘1977’, an agreement was signed for the total transfer of the ‘canal’ from the ‘united states’ to ‘panama’ by ‘year 2000′, which culminated on ’31 december 1999’)
(‘revenue’ from ‘canal tolls’ continues to represent a significant portion of panama’s GDP (although (‘commerce’ / ‘banking’ / ‘tourism’) are ‘major’ (and ‘growing’ sectors)
(‘panama’ has the 2nd largest economy in ‘central america’ and is also the fastest-growing economy + largest (per capita consumer) in ‘central america’)
(in ‘2013’, ‘panama’ ranked 5th among ‘latin american countries’ in terms of the ‘human development index’ (+ 59th in the world))
(since ‘2010’, ‘panama’ remains the 2nd most competitive economy in ‘latin america’, according to the ‘world economic forum’s ‘global competitiveness index’)
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(covering around 40% of its ‘land area’, panama’s jungles are home to an abundance of tropical ‘plants’ + ‘animals’ – some of them to be found nowhere else on the ‘planet’)
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