Panama
PanamaA tropical country occupying the narrow isthmus linking Central and South America, bounded by Costa Rica to the west and Colombia to the east.
Physical.
Along the length of the country runs a range of hills, through the centre of which was cut the pass, for the Panama Canal . The Canal gives access to shipping from the Caribbean in the north to the Pacific in the south. The land is fertile, supporting coffee on the higher ground and sugar cane on the coastal plains.Economy.
International finance and shipping are of importance. The principal agricultural exports are bananas, shrimps from the coastal waters, and coffee; there is also some light industry, mostly food-processing. There is a petroleum refinery, but its products are of declining importance.History.
Panama was visited in 1501 by the Spaniard Rodrigo de Bastidas . It...[The entire page is 535 words long]
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