GEOGRAPHY: Panama is located at the center of the Western hemisphere and is bordered North by the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic), South by the Pacific Ocean, East by Colombia and West by Costa Rica.

The whole country is 75 000 square kilometers wide. It consists of a cordillera a few peaks of which rise above 3400 meters (Baru Volcano), thus constituting the ridge of the country in the shape of an «  S  » lying down. Plains represent 85% of the territory. Tropical forest presides over the Canal area, the Caribbean coast as well as half of the eastern part of the country. Its 1518 islands are classified within the territorial area of Panama that counts with three Archipelagos: The Pearls, Bocas del Toro, San Blas or Kuna Yala. 150 rivers flow along the country and more than half of Panama is covered with forest. In the Canal area, the narrowest part of the country, since only 52 km separate the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean Sea.

CLIMATE: Panama has two very distinct seasons; dry season and rainy season. The first one goes from December to April. The rest of the year, tropical rains fall once or twice a day. Temperatures are quite different from the mountain to the sea side since they can vary from 26º to 32º in the Capital City.