Panama's geographic location

Panama is located southeast of Central America, bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea, south by the Pacific Ocean, east by Colombia and west by Costa Rica. Its Capital is Panama city.

It is a place meeting of several cultures. In its territory is located the Panama Canal, an important work that facilitates shipping between the Atlantic coast and the Pacific Ocean and has a great influence on world trade. Due to its geographical position currently offers the world an extensive platform of marine services, commercial real estate and financial services, where we highlight the "Zona libre de Colón", second in the world.

Its population exceeds by some three million inhabitants, which boasts a privileged position in various statistics of growth and development in Latin America, as per capita income, level of economic growth, globalization and life expectancy.


The Panama canal:




The Panama Canal is a ship canal, is located at the narrowest point of Panama´s   Isthmus, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. It was inaugurated on 15th August 1914, has greatly facilitated the shipping to shorten the distance and time of communication, promoting economic and commercial developments throughout most of the twentieth century. The Panama Canal provides a short path and relatively inexpensive transit between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, has influenced to some degree on the patterns of international trade has boosted growth in developed countries and has granted many remote regions of the world the momentum they need for their economic expansion.

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