PANAMA BY VI AND TINA

PANAMA BY VI AND TINA

THE FLAG OF PANAMA THE FLAG OF PANAMA WAS FOUNDED BY MARÍA DE LA OSSA DE AMADOR AND OFFICIALLY BECAME THE FLAG IN 1925 BECAUSE OF ITS SEPERATION FROM COLUMBIA. THE FLAG'S COLOURS SYMBOLIZE THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES OF PANAMA, THE LIBERALS, WHICH ARE RED AND THE CONSERVATIVES, WHICH ARE BLUE. THE WHITE REPRESENTS PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND THE EQUAL DIVISION OF THE COLOURS STATES THAT THEY BOTH GOVERN THE COUNTRY AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

THE CAPITAL CITY OF PANAMA THE CITY OF PANAMA WAS FOUNDED ON AUGUST 15, 1519, BY SPANISH CONQUISTADOR PEDRO ARIAS DAVILA. IT HAS AN URBAN POPULATION OF 880,691, WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION IN ITS METROPOLITAN AREA. THE CITY IS LOCATED AT THE PACIFIC ENTRANCE OF THE PANAMA CANAL.

FOODS SANCOCHO SANCOCHO IS MADE WITH BEEF SHORT RIBS, CHORIZO, CORN ON THE COB, CELERY, CARROTS, GINGER, THYME, PARSLEY, BAY LEAVES, OREGANO, WINE AND RUM TO CREATE THE DISTINCT FLAVOUR. CARIMANOLAS CARIMANOLAS IS A MEAT PIE IN A YUCA FRITTER SHAPE STUFFED WITH CHEESE, SEASONED GROUND BEEF, OR SHREDDED CHICKEN, THEN FRIED CHURROS CHURROS ARE A FRIED-DOUGH PASTRY IN SPAIN, CHURROS CAN EITHER BE THIN (AND SOMETIMES KNOTTED) OR LONG AND THICK, WHERE THEY ARE KNOWN AS PORRAS IN SOME REGIONS. THEY ARE NORMALLY EATEN FOR BREAKFAST DIPPED IN HOT CHOCOLATE, CHAMPURRADO, DULCE DE LECHE OR CAFÉ CON LECHE SUGAR IS OFTEN SPRINKLED ON TOP.

POPULATION THE POPULATION OF PANAMA IS AROUND 4.2 MILLION. AREA THE AREA OF PANAMA IS 75,420 KM² (29,120 SQ MILES).

BORDERS THE COUNTRIES THAT BORDER PANAMA ARE COSTA RICA AND COLOMBIA. THE SEAS AND OCEANS THAT SURROUND PANAMA ARE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

FAMOUS DANCES PANAMANIANS LOVE TO GATHER TOGETHER AND DANCE, WHETHER IT IS AMONGST FRIENDS AND FAMILY OR FOR LOCAL OR NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS. PANAMA, AS WELL AS MANY OF ITS NEIGHBOURS HAS A LARGE TRADITION OF DANCING AND SINGING. PANAMANIANS LIKE LATIN DANCES SUCH AS SALSA, MERENGUE OR BACHATA BUT THEY ALSO LOVE THEIR FOLKLORE.

DANCE STYLES SALSA SALSA IS A POPULAR FORM OF DANCE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE MOVEMENTS OF SALSA HAVE ORIGINS IN PUERTO RICAN BOMBA AND PLENA, CUBAN SON, CHA-CHA-CHA, MAMBO AND OTHER DANCE FORMS. THE DANCE, ALONG WITH SALSA MUSIC, ORIGINATED IN THE MID- 1970S IN NEW YORK. DIFFERENT REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE DISTINCT SALSA STYLES OF THEIR OWN, SUCH AS CUBAN, PUERTO RICAN, CALI COLOMBIA, L.A. AND NEW YORK STYLE. BACHATA BACHATA IS A STYLE OF DANCE THAT ORIGINATED IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.... UNLIKE SALSA, BACHATA DANCE DOES NOT USUALLY INCLUDE COMPLEX TURN PATTERNS BUT THEY ARE USED MORE AND MORE AS THE DANCE EVOLVES. THE LEADING IS DONE JUST LIKE IN MOST OTHER SOCIAL DANCES, WITH HAND AND ARM COMMUNICATION.

SPORT BASEBALL IS PANAMA'S MOST POPULAR SPORT, WHILST BASKETBALL AND BOXING FOLLOW IN POPULARITY. BASEBALL IS OFFICIALLY PANAMA'S NATIONAL SPORT AND FOUR PANAMANIANS ARE IN THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME.

FAMOUS SPORT PLAYERS PEDRO ALCAZAR, WORLD BOXING CHAMPION FELIPE BALOY, SOCCER PLAYER LEONARDO BARKER, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER REGINALD BECKFORD, SPRINTER WILLIAM BEDFORD, FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER JUAN BERENGUER, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER ROLANDO BLACKMAN, FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER PANAMA AL BROWN, WORLD BOXING CHAMPION, FIRST HISPANIC WORLD CHAMPION IN HISTORY ROD CAREW, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER LORENZO CHARLES, PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER (PANAMANIAN PARENTS) BRUCE CHEN, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER

FUN FACTS 1. WITH A TOTAL METRO POPULATION OF 1,440,381, PANAMA CITY IS THE LARGEST CITY AND THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA. 2. PANAMA IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SUN RISE ON THE PACIFIC AND SET ON THE ATLANTIC. 3. THE CANAL GENERATES FULLY ONE-THIRD OF PANAMA S ENTIRE ECONOMY. 4. A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL; PANAMA. IS A PALINDROME. 5. PANAMA WAS THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY TO ADOPT THE U.S. CURRENCY AS ITS OWN.

MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!!!!!!!