Official Title: Panama General Information
Capital: Panama City
Population: 3,226,000
Total Area: 93,739 km2
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 0.825354902608122 balboa
National Holiday: November 3 (1903 Independence Day)
Language(s): Spanish, English spoken widely Political Information
Type of State:
Republic Type of Government:
Republic of Panama; constitutional democracy, centralized republic with unicameral 72-member Legislative Assembly; presidential and legislative elections held every 5 years; 9 provinces and 1 territory. Head of State:
President Martín Torrijos Head of Government:
President Martín Torrijos Ministers:
Foreign Relations: Samuel Lewis Navarro Economy and Finance: Ricaurte Vasquez Main Political Parties:
PRD-Democratic Revolutionary Party: 42 PA-Arnulfista Party: 17 Solidariadad: 9 MOLIRENA-Nationalist Liberal Republican Movement: 4 Elections:
May 2009 (Presidential, legislative & municipal) Economic Information
Please note that economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and yearly averages for 2005. If blank, statistic unavailable. | | Panama | Canada |
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| GDP: | 18.74 billions | 1371.4 billions | | GDP per capita: | 5809 | 42460 | | GDP growth rate: | 6.4% | 2.9% | | Inflation: | 2.9% | 2.2% | | Unemployment: | % | 6.7% |
Trade and Investment
Canadian exports from country: $60,129,940
Canadian imports from country: $44,667,064
FDI in Canada: 75 million
CDI in Panama: 143 million Representation
Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Romy Vasquez de Gonzalez Foreign Consulates in Canada:
Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador José Herran-Lima Canadian Consulates Abroad:
January 2007
Sources include: Statistics Canada, IMF, EIU, Election World
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