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Panama

Capital: Panama City

  • The Panama Canal, finished in 1914, is 83 km long and links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  • When Gatun Lake was created for the canal, it was the largest man-made lake in the world.
  • Jungle covers around 40 percent of Panama's land, and some of its species are found nowhere else on Earth.
  • Nearly 500 rivers cross Panama, and the Darién Gap is the only break in the Pan-American Highway.

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