Panamá

Official Name: República de Panamá
Capitals: Ciudad de Panamá
Population: 4,348,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 116th largest country in the world (29,119 km2)
• A legend claims Panamá is an indigenous word that means “an abundance of fish”
• Panamá is the only place in the world where you can see the sunrise on the Pacific and sunset on the Atlantic
• A pearl found in Panamá was both in the English and Spanish royal jewels
• The inventor of “Murphy’s Law” was born in Panamá
• Panamá’s capital is the only one in the world to have a rainforest within its city limits
• Hosts the world’s oldest operating railroad
• The flag’s white represents purity and peace, the blue star represents the honesty experienced throughout Panamá, the red star represents the respect for laws and regulation by the citizens, the blue colour represents the Conservative Party and the red the Liberal Party