Panama By: Ceci Chen. Table of Contents 1. Location 2. Place 3. Region 4. Interaction 5. Movement 6. Mireya Moscoso 7. Famous Panamanians 8. History 9.

Panama

By: Ceci Chen

Table of Contents1. Location2. Place3. Region4. Interaction5. Movement6. Mireya Moscoso 7. Famous Panamanians8. History9. Politics10. Curreny11. Religion and Ethnicity12. Art and Culture13. Food14. Bibliography15. Jeopardy Game

Location Panama’s exact location is: 9˚ 00 N, 80˚ 00 W Area: total: 78,200 sq km land: 75,990 sq km water: 2,210 sq km

Panama

Place Climate:

Humid and tropical Wildlife Preserves (tourism):

Isla de Coiba National Park protects marine and coastal ecosystems has a jail

Parque Nacional Marino Golfo de Chiriqui 5,935 hectares of mangroves, beaches and

wetlands Playa Boca Vieja Wildlife Reserve

3,740 hectares of beaches, mangroves and coast

Quetzal

Place (cont.) Animals:

218 mammal species 226 species of reptile 164 amphibian species 125 animal species 940 avian species

Plants: 10,000 species of plants

1200 orchid species 675 fern species 1500 species of tree

Heliconia

Harpy eagle

Holy Spirit Flower

Region Volcan Barú

The only volcano in Panama La Estrella de Panama

Panama’s oldest daily newspaper (1853) COPA Airlines

Panama’s own airline

Interaction Panama Canal

Started construction in 1881 by Alexander von Humboldt

In 1903 the USA continued the project Completed in 1914 Major shipping passageway

Two coasts Abundant marine resources

Environmental pollution Air pollution Land degradation Water pollution Deforestation

Movement Colon Free Zone:

Largest Free Zone in the Americas 2nd largest Free Zone in the world

Panama Railway: Completed in late January of 1855

Bridge of the Americas Connects the land that was separated during the

making of the Panama Canal

Mireya Moscoso First female president of Panama

1999-2004 Won Martin Torrijos 45% to 38% votes Modernized the education system Focused on rural problems Installed a new effective national security system

Moscoso was born to a poor family in a rural town Worked as a secretary and in the early 1960s

Met Arnulfo Arias, a former president of Panama Worked on his political campaigns on October 1,

1968, he was reelected Married him

Other Famous Panamanians Ruben Blades

Famous actor, singer, politician, and lawyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=0PqX3L5Am_8&feature=related Justine Pasek Patiño

1st Panamanian to be Miss Universe General Omar Torrijos

Leader: 1968-1981 Signed the Panama Canal Treaty 1978

Manuel Noriega Made Panama National Guard in 1967 Worked for the CIA 1989, USA invaded Panama and

captured Noriega

History 1502

Columbus sails on his fourth and last voyage to the New World (Honduras and Panama)

1513 September 25: Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the

Pacific Ocean 1514

1,500 settlers travel to Panama 1821

Panama becomes independent from Spain Panama joins the alliance of Colombia, Venezuela,

Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, forming the Gran Colombia 1830

Panama becomes part of Colombia 1850’s

Panama Railway was built

History cont.

1903 November 3: Panama independent from Colombia US controls the Panama Canal for a century

1914 Panama Canal completed

1978 US agrees to give the canal to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999

1999 Mireya Moscoso made first female president of Panama

Politics Full name: Republic of Panama

Coat of Arms Motto: For the Benefit of the World

3 branches of government Executive

Includes a president and two vice presidents (4 year term, twice)

Legislative (Congress) Made up of a 78 member National Assembly

Judiciary Organized by a nine-member Supreme Court

(each judge is appointed for a 10-year term) Government: Constitutional democracy for most

part of 20th century 1968-1991 military power controlled the country

Currency: U.S. Dollars and Balboa

Religion and Ethnicity Religion

85% Roman Catholic 10% Protestant 5% Islamic

Ethnicity 58.1% Mestizo (Spaniard & Indian) 14% Black and Mulatto 6.7% Amerindian 8.6% White 5.5% Asian 7.1% other (2000)

Mestizo- , 58.10%

Black and Mulatto- , 14%

Ameridian- , 6.70%

White , 8.60%

Asian-, 5.50%

Other- , 7.10%

Roman Catholic- , 85%

Protestant- , 10% Islamic- , 5%

Art and Culture Guillermo Trujillo

Famous artist The Black Christ of Portobelo

Religious celebration

Quinceañera- Birthday celebration for girls who turn 15

Art and Culture cont.

The Kuna Indians Molas Chaquiras

Carnaval de Las Tablas

Pollera

Templeque

- Traditional dress

- Hair ornament

Panamanian Food

Arroz con pollo

Empanadas

Yuca frita

Arroz con leche

Flan

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