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| 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 |
| Map references | central_america |
| Area |
total: 78,200 sq km water: 2,210 sq km land: 75,990 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Land boundaries |
total: 555 km border countries: colombia 225 km, costa rica 330 km |
| Coastline | 2,490 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) |
| Terrain | interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: pacific ocean 0 m highest point: volcan de chiriqui 3,475 m |
| Natural resources | copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 7.36% permanent crops: 1.98% other: 90.66% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 320 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area |
| Environment - current issues | 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, 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 |
| 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 |
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