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 Centennial Bridge:

Imagen del instituto panamericano de turismo

The Centennial Bridge in Panama is a great bridge which is characterized by crossing the Panama Canal.  It was initially built to improve traffic uncomfortable Bridge of the Americas. And it was not until 2004 when it opened. Today is the second largest bridge used to cross the channel.
As such, it has a cable-stayed design with a length of 1.052 meters, 320 meters at the bow and a height of 80 meters above the Panama Canal, supported by two towers of 184 meters. The structure was designed to withstand the frequent earthquakes recorded in the area. Ultimately, the bridge receives 6 lanes of traffic

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