Weather, Geography and  People

Panama is located between Costa Rica and Columbia with the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.  Its exact location is 80 degrees west longitude and 5 degrees north latitude.  Panamas interior is mostly steep and mountainous with the costal areas largely plains and rolling hills.  
The total population for Panama is 2.8 million people.

Rural area

 

Indigenous people include Mesitizo (mixed Amerindian and White), Amerindian and mixed West Indian, White and Amerindian.
Panama City is the capital of Panama and is located roughly in the middle of the country and has a population of 700,000.

Harvesting crops

Panama City

 

 

Panama is hot and humid from May to January and is dry from May to January.  The average temperature is in the 70's.

 

 

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