Panama
By: Ceci Chen
Table of Contents1. Location2. Place3. Region4. Interaction5. Movement6. Mireya Moscoso 7. Famous Panamanians8. History9. Politics10. Curreny11. Religion and Ethnicity12. Art and Culture13. Food14. Bibliography15. Jeopardy Game
Location Panama’s exact location is: 9˚ 00 N, 80˚ 00 W Area: total: 78,200 sq km land: 75,990 sq km water: 2,210 sq km
Panama
Place Climate:
Humid and tropical Wildlife Preserves (tourism):
Isla de Coiba National Park protects marine and coastal ecosystems has a jail
Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriqui 5,935 hectares of mangroves, beaches and
wetlands Playa Boca Vieja Wildlife Reserve
3,740 hectares of beaches, mangroves and coast
Quetzal
Place (cont.) Animals:
218 mammal species 226 species of reptile 164 amphibian species 125 animal species 940 avian species
Plants: 10,000 species of plants
1200 orchid species 675 fern species 1500 species of tree
Heliconia
Harpy eagle
Holy Spirit Flower
Region Volcan Barú
The only volcano in Panama La Estrella de Panama
Panama’s oldest daily newspaper (1853) COPA Airlines
Panama’s own airline
Interaction Panama Canal
Started construction in 1881 by Alexander von Humboldt
In 1903 the USA continued the project Completed in 1914 Major shipping passageway
Two coasts Abundant marine resources
Environmental pollution Air pollution Land degradation Water pollution Deforestation
Movement Colon Free Zone:
Largest Free Zone in the Americas 2nd largest Free Zone in the world
Panama Railway: Completed in late January of 1855
Bridge of the Americas Connects the land that was separated during the
making of the Panama Canal
Mireya Moscoso First female president of Panama
1999-2004 Won Martin Torrijos 45% to 38% votes Modernized the education system Focused on rural problems Installed a new effective national security system
Moscoso was born to a poor family in a rural town Worked as a secretary and in the early 1960s
Met Arnulfo Arias, a former president of Panama Worked on his political campaigns on October 1,
1968, he was reelected Married him
Other Famous Panamanians Ruben Blades
Famous actor, singer, politician, and lawyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0PqX3L5Am_8&feature=related Justine Pasek Patiño
1st Panamanian to be Miss Universe General Omar Torrijos
Leader: 1968-1981 Signed the Panama Canal Treaty 1978
Manuel Noriega Made Panama National Guard in 1967 Worked for the CIA 1989, USA invaded Panama and
captured Noriega
History 1502
Columbus sails on his fourth and last voyage to the New World (Honduras and Panama)
1513 September 25: Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the
Pacific Ocean 1514
1,500 settlers travel to Panama 1821
Panama becomes independent from Spain Panama joins the alliance of Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, forming the Gran Colombia 1830
Panama becomes part of Colombia 1850’s
Panama Railway was built
History cont.
1903 November 3: Panama independent from Colombia US controls the Panama Canal for a century
1914 Panama Canal completed
1978 US agrees to give the canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999
1999 Mireya Moscoso made first female president of Panama
Politics Full name: Republic of Panama
Coat of Arms Motto: For the Benefit of the World
3 branches of government Executive
Includes a president and two vice presidents (4 year term, twice)
Legislative (Congress) Made up of a 78 member National Assembly
Judiciary Organized by a nine-member Supreme Court
(each judge is appointed for a 10-year term) Government: Constitutional democracy for most
part of 20th century 1968-1991 military power controlled the country
Currency: U.S. Dollars and Balboa
Religion and Ethnicity Religion
85% Roman Catholic 10% Protestant 5% Islamic
Ethnicity 58.1% Mestizo (Spaniard & Indian) 14% Black and Mulatto 6.7% Amerindian 8.6% White 5.5% Asian 7.1% other (2000)
Mestizo- , 58.10%
Black and Mulatto- , 14%
Ameridian- , 6.70%
White , 8.60%
Asian-, 5.50%
Other- , 7.10%
Roman Catholic- , 85%
Protestant- , 10% Islamic- , 5%
Art and Culture Guillermo Trujillo
Famous artist The Black Christ of Portobelo
Religious celebration
Quinceañera- Birthday celebration for girls who turn 15
Art and Culture cont.
The Kuna Indians Molas Chaquiras
Carnaval de Las Tablas
Pollera
Templeque
- Traditional dress
- Hair ornament
Panamanian Food
Arroz con pollo
Empanadas
Yuca frita
Arroz con leche
Flan
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