Geography and History
This waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal
This large bird of prey is Panama's national bird.
What is the harpy eagle?
Panama's currency, worth exactly one US dollar.
What is the balboa?
Panama City's colonial old town.
What is Casco Antiguo?
Panama gave the world this drum-driven folk dance.
What is the tamborito?
Panama is bordered by Costa Rica and this South American country.
What is Colombia?
Panama's national flower is this orchid with a spiritual-sounding name.
What is the Holy Ghost Orchid?
Panama's best-known airline.
What is Copa Airlines?
Its Spanish name is the Puente de las Américas.
What is the Bridge of the Americas?
Along with tamborito and merengue, Panama gave the world this rhythm.
What is cumbia?
Panama has more than this many islands along its coast.
What is 1,500?
This Latin motto on the coat of arms means "For the Benefit of the World."
What is "Pro Mundi Beneficio"?
The Free Trade Zone on Panama's Caribbean coast is named after this city.
What is Colón?
Casco Antiguo preserves the colonial heritage of this European country.
What is Spain?
This big yearly festival is listed with music as a folkloric tradition.
What is Carnival?
The Panama Canal was completed in this year.
What is 1914?
The coat of arms has this many stars, one for each province.
What is 10?
This government body runs the canal.
What is the Panama Canal Authority?
Along with Pedro Miguel, these are the canal's famous locks near Panama City.
What are the Miraflores Locks?
Panama's national anthem has this name.
What is the Himno Istmeño?
The United States controlled the canal until this year, when Panama took over.
What is 1999?
He designed Panama's coat of arms in 1904. (Max Lemm drew it.)
Who is Nicanor Villalaz?
Ports, the canal railway and the free trade zone all belong to this sector of moving goods.
What is logistics?
This historic line lets trains cross the isthmus alongside the canal.
What is the Panama Railway?
This poet wrote the lyrics to Panama's national anthem.
Who is Jerónimo de la Ossa?