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Patron Saint: Santa María la Antigua (September 9)

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Continents: Central America, South America

Capital: Panama City

Area: 74,340 km²

Population: 3,753,142

Neighbouring Countries: ← Costa Rica , ↘ Colombia

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Languages: Spanish (official), indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (or Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (similar to Jamaican English Creole; a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere; also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese)

Ethnic Groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Native American 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%), black or African descent 9.2%, mulatto 6.8%, white 6.7%

Motto: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin) (For the benefit of the world)

Area: 75,517 km²

Catholic Population: 3,840,000 Catholics (88.5% of 4,337,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 210 parishes, 109 mission stations (29 with resident priest, 80 without resident priest), 46 other centres

Clergy: 13 bishops (7 diocesan, 6 titular), 420 priests (240 diocesan, 180 religious), 71 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 440 religious (29 brothers, 411 sisters), 11 members of secular institutes (sisters), 132 major seminarians, 1,699 missionaries, 1,737 catechists