Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Geography of Panama. / 9.000°N 80.000°W / 9.000; -80.000. Panama is a country located in Caribbean, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. Panama is located on the narrow and low Isthmus of Panama . This S-shaped isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north latitude and 77° and 83 ...
Panama has a tropical climate. Temperatures are uniformly high—as is the relative humidity—and there is little seasonal variation. Diurnal ranges are low; on a typical dry-season day in the capital city, the early morning minimum may be 24 °C (75.2 °F) and the afternoon maximum 30 °C (86.0 °F).
Panama City, [ 4] also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. [ 5][ 6] It has a total population of 1,086,990, [ 1][ 7] with over 2,100,000 in its urban area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative ...
San Blas Islands. The San Blas Islands of Panama is an archipelago comprising approximately 365 islands and cays, of which 49 are inhabited. [ 1] They lie off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama, east of the Panama Canal. [ 2] A part of the comarca (district) Guna Yala along the Caribbean coast of Panama, it is home to the Kuna people .
Boquete is a small mountain town in Panama. It is located in the westernmost Province of Chiriquí, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the border with Costa Rica, and lies on the Caldera River, in Panama's green mountain highlands. Because of its elevation, some 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level, its climate is cooler than that of the lowlands.
Cerro Punta is a city and corregimiento in Tierras Altas District, Chiriquí Province, Panama. [1] [2] Cerro Punta is located in Panama's western highlands at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 metres), just south of the Continental Divide. The climate, like the rest of Panama, is tropical with a short dry season and rainy season that extends ...
Bocas del Toro ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbokas ðel ˈtoɾo]; meaning "Mouths of the Bull") is a province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. [5] The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante Bay), Chiriquí Lagoon, and adjacent mainland.
The Panamanian dry forests ecoregion (WWF ID: NT0224) covers low-lying dry forests around the coast of the Gulf of Panama on the Pacific Ocean side of Panama. It is one of the most heavily degraded ecoregions in Central America, having been heavily converted to agriculture. However, it is also important for its high biodiversity, high rates of ...