Geography of Panama Panama is a country located in the Central
America region of North America, bordering both the Caribbean
Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa
Rica. Panama is located on the narrow and low Isthmus of Panama.
This S-shaped isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north
latitude and 77° and 83° west longitude. Panama encompasses
approximately 77,082 square kilometers, is 772 kilometers in
length, and is between 60 and 177 kilometers in width. Political
map  The country is divided into 9 provinces, plus several
indigenous comarcas. The provincial borders have not changed
since they were determined at independence in 1903. The
provinces are divided into districts, which in turn are
subdivided into sections called corregimientos. Configurations
of the corregimientos are changed periodically to accommodate
population changes as revealed in the census reports. The
country's two international boundaries, with Colombia and Costa
Rica, have been clearly demarcated, and in the lat