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Map of Panama

Panama Map Notes

Venturing to the South Seas, painter Paul Gauguin stopped off in Panama, w

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the isthmus
Kuna islands, Panama
Kuna Coast, Panama
Monkey River Town, Belize
Ocotal, Costa Rica
Peten, Guatemala
Howling Coast, Nicaragua
Granada, Nicaragua
Mombacho, Nicaragua

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Panama Map Facts

Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 with the support of the United States and quickly signed a treaty with them for the construction of a canal.

The Panama Canal was built between 1904 and 1914 by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

here he worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal.

The Atlantic Entrance to the Panama canal is actually 22 miles west of the Pacific entrance. Only a map of Panama can accurately show this unusual piece of trivia.

Spanish is the official language of Panama, but about fifteen percent speak English. Many are bilingual.

Dengue fever, hantavirus, malaria, rabies and yellow fever are all disease risks for travelers entering Panama.

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Isthmus

The Kuna Islands
Exploring the Kuna Indians island existence and their Caribbean settlement of Panama.

The Kuna Coast
Continuing from the Kuna Islands, follow us as we dish up the modern history of the Kuna people.

Monkey River Town
Follow us on a journey up the Monkey River

Old Highways of Peten
From Belize into the jungles of Northern Guatemala, we travel with redheaded triplets who insist our theories about the Mayan past are all wrong.

From San Jose to Ocotal
By car to the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.

The Howling Coast
From the isolated Pacific Coast of Nicaragua to its bustling center, we find a country ready for something it doesn't quite understand, and we find monkeys.

Granada Libre
Nicaragua from its tourism mecca, and the choices it faces as it enters a brave new world.

Jungle in the Sky
A walk in the Nicaraguan volcanic cloud forest of Mombacho with an odd cast of characters and a quick look at the past 65 million years.

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