Joshua Myers
HUM 215
Spring 2005
Bakhtiarova
Ø Country: Panama
Ø Capital City: Panama City
Ø Geographic Location (region): Central America
Ø Coordinates: 9 00 N 80 00 W
Ø Boarders with Costa Rica to the West and Columbia to the East. Panama also borders with the Pacific Ocean to the South and Caribbean Sea to the North.
Ø Population: 3,039,150 (July 2005 est.)
Ø Ethnic make-up: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) - 70%; Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) - 14%; white - 10%; Amerindian 6%
Ø Education rate: Over one million people (37%) live below the poverty line; over half a million (12.3%) live in extreme poverty. The difference between rich and poor in Panama is one of the highest in the world.
Ø Major History Events XV – XX centuries:
o The earliest known inhabitants of Panama were the Cuevas and the Coclé cultures, but their numbers were decimated by disease and the sword when the Spanish arrived in the 16th......
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