Short introduction to Panama

With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.

Source: World Factbook

  1. Panama City
  2. Boquete
  3. Isla Boca Brava
  4. Bocas Del Toro
  5. San Blas

  6. Gamboa
  7. Chiriqui
  8. Isla Bastimentos
  9. Miraflores
10. David

11. El Porvenir
12. Bastimentos
13. Taboga
14. Isla Colon
15. Almirante

16. Caldera
17. Panama
18. Portobello
19. Fortuna
20. Carti

  1. Panama City
  2. Bocas Del Toro
  3. Boquete
  4. Puerto Armuelles
  5. David

  6. Guadalupe
  7. Chiriquí
  8. Isla Colon
  9. Isla Boca Brava
10. San Blas

11. Bastimentos
12. El Valle
13. Aguadulce
14. Santa Fe
15. Las Lajas

16. Panama
17. Panama Canal

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