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    Introduction


    With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.


    Location


    Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica


    Geographic coordinates


    9 00 N, 80 00 W


    Area


    total: 78,200 sq km water: 2,210 sq km land: 75,990 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly smaller than South Carolina


    Land boundaries


    total: 555 km border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km


    Coastline


    2,490 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM


    Climate


    tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)


    Terrain


    interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Volcan de Chiriqui 3,475 m


    Natural resources


    copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 6.72% permanent crops: 2.08% other: 91.2% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    320 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area


    Environment - current issues


    water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation


    Geography - note


    strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean


    Population


    3,000,463 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Panama


    Phone Code


    +507


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