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Panama is in Central America, flanked by Columbia and Costa Rica. Its coasts meet both the Caribbean Sea as well as the Pacific Ocean. It holds an important location on the Isthmus of Panama. As of 2000, Panama currently manages and maintains the Panama Canal, which joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea to the Northern Pacific Ocean. Panama finds itself 124th worldwide based on its size. The country is only 75,420 square kilometers. The Volcán Barú previously the Volcán de Chiriquí) stands out as the highest measured point in Panama. It ascends to 3,475 meters (11,401 feet). Further stand-outs on the map of Panama are the Darien Gap, the Pan-American Highway, amazing coastlines, and a unique line of mountains and hills. The Darien Gap links Panama and Colombia and is dominated by a difficult-to-cross jungle. The impassability originates not just from the dense flora but from potential encounters with Colombian guerillas and drug dealers, as well as jungle preservationists. All of these elements have created a rift in the Pan-American Highway, which aside from this would offer a non-stop road beginning in Alaska and ending in Patagonia. Another dominant feature on Panama's map is the range of mountains and hills making the continental divide. Adjacent to the Colombian border, these mountains are tied to the Andean range of South America. In contrast, to the north the mountains are not associated with any of North America's extensive mountain lines. Close to the Costa Rican border Panama's range is called the Cordillera de Talamanca. Moving to the east on the map, the mountains turn into the Serranía de Tabasará. And finally, the mountains at the lower portion of the isthmus, near the canal, are named the Sierra de Veraguas. Geographers usually refer to the range of mountains that progress the whole way from Costa Rica to the canal as the Cordillera Central. Also on the map, the country's international boundaries with Colombia and Costa Rica are clearly established with no conflicts. Interestingly, the country claims the ocean bed of the continental shelf as a part of Panama. This underwater territory was explained by Panama as extending to the 500-meter submarine contour. Not only that, laws in 1958 and 1968 maintain that Panama maintains control of 12 nautical miles out from the coasts and claiming a 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. Instead of the North or South Coast, Panama's coastal boundaries are generally known as the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts. Colombia is found towards east with Costa Rica towards the west. Getting directions without a map in hand can often be interesting, even puzzling, in Panama because of the country's overall arrangement and shape. An illustration - a liner traveling through the Panama Canal going from the Caribbean to the Pacific is moving southeast rather than west. Additionally, Panama City's sunrise can be found to the east - above the Pacific! More items of significance regarding the Panamanian map involve its nine provinces. Their borders have remained unaltered from the day of their establishment upon independence in 1903. Each province is made up of districts and each district is made up of corregimientos. How these divisions are arranged can change over time as determined by changes in the populace, which are reported in census reports. One last factor that relates to the map of Panama is its natural world. The jungles, mountains and coastlines of Panama ensure that it is the most diverse country in all of Central America when it comes to wildlife. Panama is unique in that it is not simply home to many South American species but to many usually found in North America as well.
