101 Facts about Panama

A country everyone thinks they know one thing about.Panama is the canal. True enough - and it reverses the order. This book is about the country that would exist without it: where the sun rises over the Pacific, where more than a thousand bird species live on a landmass smaller than South Carolina, and where there is no central bank, no army, and the largest merchant fleet in the world. 101 facts. Each one on its own page. Start at any number, stop after any number. Sorted into six chapters: - Geography & Nature - land bridge, Darién, Volcán Barú, golden frog- History & Archaeology - the silver road, pirates, 1903, 1989- People, Language & Cities - Guna, Ngäbe, molas, Casco Antiguo- The Canal & the Two Seas - locks, water, Panamax, drought- Music, Sport & Popular Culture - reggae en español, baseball, boxing- Economy, Records & Everyday Life - the dollar, flags, copper, sancocho Including what Panama is best known for. > Checked, not copied. >With a country profile, timeline, glossary, and index for looking things up. Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.