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Capital: Panama City
Area: 77,100 sq km / 29,768 sq ml
Language: Spanish, English
Currency: Balboa
Population: 2,960,784
Life expectancy: 71 (men), 75 (women)
Literacy rate: 88%
Religions: Roman Catholic
Physical features: Coastal plains and mountainous interior, tropical rainforest in east and north-west, Pearl Islands in Gulf of Panama
Ethnic distribution: 70% Mestizos (mixed race), 14% Indian, 10% European
Exports: Bananas, petroleum products, copper, shrimps, sugar, coffee, timber
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