PANAMA 



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PANAMA 



City i In- rainf 11 average-- H\I\ mche- 

 In addition to a tropical climate, there are sev- 

 eral jungle swamps which are breeding places of 

 mosquitoes, the carriers of malaria and yellow 

 fever. Only those sections which hav. 

 modern -imitation to fight unhoalthful condi- 

 tion- are free from tropical di- 1 B The en- 

 ma I /<>nf i- free from those dam: 

 Natural Resources. Though tho .-oil i- rich 

 .in. 1 the rainfall i- :il )iind;i in . only a small por- 



thr i-thmu.- i- under cultivation. Five- 



eighths of the country is not even inhabited. 

 Bananas are grown in large quantities by the 

 United Fniit Company, which has plantations 



-embly. :i single chamber whose members. 

 called deputies, are chosen by the people for 

 four years. A Cabinet of five members a- 

 the President. Panama is divided into eijrht 

 provinces, the governors of which are appointed 

 by the Piv-id.m. At the head of the judicial 



Supreme Court, with five ju 

 appoint. -d by ihe Pro-idem. The Canal /on, 

 i< under the jurisdiction of tin- I'nu. d Stat.- \\\ 

 matters of -imitation and police regulation-. 



History. Spanish rule o\-cr the i-thmu- < ml. .1 

 in 1819, when Panama became part of the old 

 republic of Colombia, and later of that of N 

 Granada. In 1S4P> a tit at \ wa- concluded 1" - 



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Ylli: KKITin.h 1 OF PANAMA 



f" OolombiH it was consid.T.'.l a part of South America. 

 t>6 < la. --.<! witli North Aim'ric.-m eouiitries. 



in tho province of Bocas del Toro covering about 

 35,000 acres. Cocoanuts, coffee, tobacco, ivory 

 nut, gweet potatoes, cacao, cereals and tmgar 



IN other cultivated product-. Ill tin- 



fore- md palm- and rubber tree-; hard 



md rase wood; 



-ar-ap.nill i. < op.iib:i and other medicinal phut-. 



and \ -mou- dv.u i- | \aluable 



'U*ts of the P. nl 



tdt, in tl.- ' in.. The i-tlmiu- 



coni ii ,ni ; ,nd -alt . 



but the mm.- ; ,r, ;I - -, niide\.l, 



Government, i ,d- i . 



i:'. 1!<H. :md 



mod* l d ;iM. i that of th. I :, -. Th.' 



id. HI i- .h.,-,!i l,y popular iour 



,d i- not . liable for r. .-I. ction || 

 mu- thirty-five years of age. 



dative powi r ii nttod b 



As an independent 



New (iranada and the United Si 

 by which the latter obtained the right to guard 

 the trade rout.' and piv-erve t he neutrahr 

 the i-thmu-. In 1S,S."> Panama, which up to 

 that time had enjoy. <i a i -on-idi fable dem.. 

 local srlf-govermneiit. wa- ineoi 

 jinivincr of Colombia. Tin- chaime wa- not 

 -at i-t :H -IIIIA- to the inhabitant-, and the mi-rule 

 of ( 'olombia provoked not less than lifty-' 



Mitioti< m a period of iifty-i\\o \, u--. b. - 



l,S,-,() and 1902. 



lii I'.'H.; il,. I Qii d ^ mpte.l to make 



a treaty with Colombia whereby the for 

 .-hould have the prnil.-' Oi he .oii-tructi- 

 tin- P i i In Augu-t of that 



the Senate of Colomb 

 The repn>entati\e< from Panama wit! 

 fu-inu to maintain any lotik' i poln 

 tioti- with tin L'"\. nmient of ( Joloi 

 I.It that the future mtrrr-' 



