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Capital: panama
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of panama conventional short form: panama local long form: republica de panama local short form: panama
National holiday: independence day. 3 november (1903)
Government type
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constitutional democracy
Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (provincias. singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca); bocas del toro. chiriqui. cocle. colon. darien. herrera. los santos. panama. san blas*(kuna yala). and veraguas |
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Independence:
3 november 1903 (from colombia; became independent from spain 28 november 1821)
Political parties and leaders: democratic change or cd [ricardo martinelli]; democratic revolutionary party or prd [hugo guiraud]; national liberal party or pln [anibal galindo]; nationalist republican liberal movement or molirena [jesus rosas]; panamenista party or pa (formerly the arnulfista party) [marco ameglio]; popular party or pp (formerly christian democratic party or pdc) [ricardo arias calderon]; solidarity party or ps [jose raul mulino]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
chamber of commerce; national civic crusade; national council of organized workers or conato; national council of private enterprise or conep; national union of construction and similar workers (suntracs); panamanian association of business executives or apede; panamanian industrialists society or sip; workers confederation of the republic of panama or ctrp
International organization participation
: fao. g-77. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. laes. laia (observer). miga. nam. oas. opanal. opcw. pca. rg. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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