PANAMA PANAMA REGION CENTRAL AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 3 1903 FROM COLOMBIA DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 11 1972 POPULATION 2778526 1999 EST AREA 29157 SQ MI CAPITAL PANAMA CITY FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES COPPER TIMBER SHRIMP MAIN INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION PETROLEUM PROCESSING BREWING CEMENT CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SUGAR REFINING FISHING AGRICULTURE BANANAS RICE CORN COFFEE SUGARCANE VEGETABLES LIVESTOCK CURRENCY BALBOA GDP 19.9 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 7300 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL ENGLISH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 91 LIFE EXPECTANCY 72 YEARS MALE 78 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 22 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
