!!!Panama: Geography
||Location|Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica
||Geographic Coordinates|9 00 N, 80 00 W[{GoogleMap location='9.0,-80.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''75,420 sq km\\''land: ''74,340 sq km\\''water: ''1,080 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 75420\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 75516\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 78200\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 78200\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 74177\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 75420''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''555 km\\''border countries: ''Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km
||Coastline|2,490 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Volcan Baru 3,475 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Volcan Baru  3478 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Cerro Fábrega 3335 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
||Natural Hazards|occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
||Natural Resource|copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
||Land Use|''arable land: ''7.16%\\''permanent crops: ''2.51%\\''other: ''90.33% (2011)
||Climate|tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
||Irrigated Land|346.2 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|148 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|Panama; San Miguelito; Tocumen; David; Arraijan\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Panama/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean