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- - - - The most important river for its impact on the economy is the 125 km Chagres, vital for the operation of the Panama Canal
      - Human Geography and Politics of Panama
        
        Population
        
        Whites: 8%, Blacks: 14%, Mestizos: 70%; Indigenous people of the Kuna, Guaymí and Chocó ethnic groups, 6%; Asians 2%. Total: It reaches more than 3,300,440 inhabitants (2005
        
        ethnicity
        
        The 7 indigenous groups living in Panama
        
        the kunas
        
        they live in the archipelago of San Blas
        
        The Teribe (Nazo)
        
        live on the banks of the Teribe River
        
        The Ngöbe-Buglé
        
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        Political division
        
        provinces
        
        Bocas del Toro (Bocas del Toro)
        
        Coclé (Penonomé)
        
        Colón (Colón)
        
        Chiriquí (David)
        
        Darién (La Palma)
        
        Herrera (Chitré)
        
        Los Santos (Las Tablas)
        
        Panamá (Ciudad de Panamá)
        
        Veraguas(Santiago)
  - - - part of Geography that studies the surface of the Earth
        
        Branches of Physical Geography
        
        geomorphology
        
        Climatology
        
        biogeography
        
        hydrogeography
    - - branch of geography concerned with the relationship between man and the environment
        
        division
        
        Political Geography
        
        Geopolitics
        
        Historical Geography
        
        Rural Geography
        
        Urban Geography
        
        Perception Geography
        
        Postmodern Geography
        
        Gender Geography
        
        Economic Geography
        
        Social Geography
- - - - In western Panama, there are 10 strata volcanoes
        
        Cerro Pando y Silla de Pando
        
        Volcan Tisingal- Colorado
        
        Volcan Barú
        
        Volcanic mountain and the largest on the Isthmus is an extinct volcano
        
        It is formed by huge blocks coming from the volcanic apparatus itself. With volcanic activity during the Pleistocene
        
        Located west of Volcán Barú
    - - The highlands or cold lands, those with more than 1,500 meters of latitude
        
        The lands of medium altitude or temperate, whose altitude ranges between 700 and 1,500 meters high
        
        The low or hot lands, less than 700 meters high, which occupy most of the Isthmus
      - Volcan Baru
        
        Located in the province of Chiriquí with (3,475mts of altitude
        The Central Cordillera
      - The Central Cordillera
        
        High mountain that comes from Costa Rica and forms the backbone of the Panamanian relief
      - The North Eastern Arc
        
        are extended by the San Blas mountain range, formed by a succession of slightly elevated hills
      - Blue hill
        
        Located near the capital city of the republic, 950 meters
      - Bell Hill
        
        The Altos de Campana National Park was created in 1977 and in 1986 it was declared a biological reserve.
    - - The Pacific coast has an extension of 1,690 km, and the Caribbean, 1,160 km.
        
        more than 1,000 miles of coastline and 1,000 islands in the Pacific and 800 miles of coastline and 600 islands in the Caribbean
    - - There are about 500; about 350 on the Pacific slope, and 150 on the Caribbean Sea slope
        
        The most important rivers in the region are the Chepo, the Turia, the Chucunaque, the Bayano, the Santa María and the Chiriquí Viejo
    - - It is the set of atmospheric phenomena that characterize the average state of the weather at a point on the earth's surface.
        
        The rainy season
        
        May to December
        
        it is the season of great humidity, weak winds, hot and suffocating days; many cloudy clouds
        
        The dry season
        
        January to April
        
        They are clear, cloudless days, with soft or strong breezes, skies with little cloudiness and very little rain.
      - The Caribbean region
        
        The type of climate called "humid tropical jungle" predominates in it.
        
        Pacific region
        
        The type of climate called "Tropical savannas" predominates in it
        
        Western Highlands
        
        n the highlands the temperature decreases and the so-called "Tropical of the height or high savannah" reigns.
- - - - by wide plains, although it is crossed by four great mountain ranges
      - temperature
        
        border
        
        It limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the south with the Pacific Ocean, to the west with Costa Rica and to the east with Colombia.
        
        Geographic Extension
        
        The total area of Panama is 77,082 km2, including the Panama Canal region and all its islands
- - - - touristic places
        
        Portobelo National Park, Isla Grande, Contadora Island, Taboga Island, Bocas del Toro Island