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Transnational_issues of Panama

Disputes - international:organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia operate within the remote border region with Panama
Illicit drugs:major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem

Panama Quickstats

  • Population: 3,242,173 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 78,200 sq km
  • Density: 43 /km² (156th)
  • GDP (total): $26.250 billion (105th)
  • GDP (per capita): $8,000 (83rd)
  • Literacy: 91.9%

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  • Currency: Balboa, U.S. dollar
  • Dial code: +507

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