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<text id=93CT1098>
<title>
Panama--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Panama
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: extreme southern Central America, between Colombia
and Costa Rica
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 78,200 km2</l>
<l> land area: 75,990 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 555 km, Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330
km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 2,490 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season
(May to January), short dry season (January to May)
</p>
<p>Terrain: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and
dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and
rolling hills
</p>
<p>Natural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 6%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 2%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 15%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 54%</l>
<l> other: 23%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 320 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: dense tropical forest in east and northwest
</p>
<p>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
</p></body></article></text>