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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.

Photos: Darien National Park

More than one third of Panama is protected. There are about 60 natural protected sites, biosphere reserves and mankind heritage that represent two million and a half hectares. Panama has one of the richest fauna and flora of the world. Its forests shelter more than 10000 plant species and 1000 species of birds. The most famous parks are Darien National Park(576,000 hectares)UNESCO World Heritage site; La amistad International Park (407,000 hectares)World heritage site; Coiba Island National Park(270,125 hectares of wich 216,125 hectares of which 216,542 are marine) where the whale watching is particulary good; Baru Volcano National Park(14,300 hectares) and its extint volcan, the highest point in Panama(3475m).

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Beaches and world class waves:

Surfers are always looking for something special in each wave and there's a lot of unique discoveries to be in the ocean that touches Panama's 1500 miles(2414 kilometers) of coastline. It helps those other factors, such as the country's low crime rate, making Panama one of the safest places in Central America right now and the use of the United States dollar as legal tender makes a surf trip down there a bit more enticing. For those who know how to surf, or wish to learn, Panama is bordered by two oceans from which to choose, the Caribbean and Pacific. This allows locals and visitors to take advantage of appropriate weather and wave conditions, and some of the most popular surf spots are within an hour or two from the Panama City center. And, ponder this: Nowhere else in the entire world, can you surf good waves on the coast of two oceans in a single day!. In Panama you can surf all year round; beaches are uncrowded, warm and paradisaical. Its just a matter of knowing what's what and when.

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