Panama

Key Facts About Panama

• •The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, handling about 5% of world trade.
• •Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic.
• •Panama City has the only major rainforest within a capital city's limits.
• •The country uses the US dollar alongside the Panamanian balboa.
• •Panama has the second-largest free trade zone in the world, after Hong Kong.

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