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Full Country Name	The Republic of Panama
Area	77,381 sq km; 29,762 sq miles
Population	3.23 million
Capital City	Panama City
Languages	The official language is Spanish. English is widely understood by the middle-classes
Currency	US Dollar (referred to locally as the Balboa)
Major Political Parties	Arnulfista Party (PA), Partido Popular or Popular Party (PP), Democratic Change, Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement (MOLIRENA), Solidarity Party (PS)
Government	Constitutional democracy
Head of State	President Martin TORRIJOS Espino
Foreign Minister	Samuel LEWIS Navarro