PANAMA COVERS AN AREA OF 29,157 SPUARE MILES.

PANAMA'S CLIMATE HAS A YEAR-ROUND WARM CLIMATE.

PANAMA HAS LOBSTERS,SHRIMP, AND OTHER OCEAN SHELLFISH.

PANAMA HAS MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE, 62% LIVE IN CITIES.

PANAMA CITY IS THE CAPITAL AND THE POPULATION IS 389,172.

LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 70 YEARS FOR MEN AND 74 YEARS FOR WOMEN.

SOCCER IS PANAMA'S FAVORITE SPORT.

TOM STREISSGUTH