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•The official name of the country is the ‘Republic of Panama
Famous Foods in Panama
Tortillas de maíz con queso fresco
(corn tortilla with bland locally-made white cheese on top)
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Fun Facts of Panama
- Panama has the second largest duty free zone in the world. It also has the second largest registrant for offshore companies, after Hong Kong.
- Panama has set multi-world records in the area of bird watching and fishing, as it shelters more birds than United States and Canada combined.
- Panama elected its first female President in 1999 as Mireya Moscoso.
- Dictator Manuel Noriega was deposed in 1989.
- The US Dollar is the official currency and is used for bills but the national currency is called Balboa.
Hand-made pollera is the favorite preference of the Panama women which is not only worn by them in day to day affairs but also in different festivities, wedding ceremonies and folklore dancing events. Genuinely, Pollera is a ruffled blouse worn off the shoulders. The skirt is on the waistline with gold buttons. The skirt also has ruffle, so that when she lifts it up, it looks like a peacock’s tail or a mantilla fan.
•Panama has the most diversified wildlife of all the countries in Central America. It is home to north as well as South American species.
•With 5,637 kilometers of coastline and more than 1,518 islands, Panama has more beaches than one can imagine.
•The Panama Railroad was the most expensive railroad ever built, as it cost 8 million dollars and took 5 years to build.
•More than 12000 people died in the construction of the Panama Railroad.
•Baseball is the most common sports in the country, along with boxing and soccer.
Panama Flag
Fun Facts of Panama
Important Buildings
•The official name of the country is the ‘Republic of Panama’.
•Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic. At its narrowest distance, only 80 kilometers is the land in Panama, which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean.
•Panama has the lowest population in the Central America, though being the most industrialized country in Central America. Around 70% of the population is a mixture of Europeans and Native Americans.
•About 85% of the people in the country are Catholics and the remaining 15% Protestants.
•At one point of time, the shares of the Panama Railroad were the highest priced stock on the New York Stock Exchange, at $295 per share.
Bollos
The F&F Tower (previously known as the Revolution Tower) is an office tower in Panama City. The F&F Tower among the top 10 best skyscrapers of the year in 2011. The F&F Tower was ranked 7th out of the 10 Emporis Skyscraper Award winners for its architectural excellence regarding the design of building and its functionality.
Corn dough, traditionally rolled in a banana leaf, and boiled.