text: can anybody tell me some interesting facts about panama quickly?   population: 3.11 millions (2005)e with 49 percent of the population living in urban areas  climate: tropical, average temperature: 80 degrees f.  the average temperature in the  mountainous areas is 50 to 60 degrees f.rainy season: may through early december.  dry season: mid-december through april.  area: 75,517 square km /29,157 square miles  topography: mountainous areas, which include the central mountain range, the san  blas mountains and the  azuero peninsula western mountain range, small hills and vast  savannahs near the pacific coast.  there are over 1,518 islands in the territorial waters  of panama.  language: spanish, with english as a widespread second language.  government: democratic, unitary, republican and representative.  religion: 85 percent catholic, 15 percent protestant  ethnic groups: 62 percent mestizo, 14 percent african, 10 percent white, 5 percent  mulatto  and 5 percent indigenous  currency: balboa or u.s. dollar  economy: 75 percent service, 16 percent industry, 10 percent agriculture  inflation rate: 1.4 percent  unemployment rate: 16 percent (2002)e  principal trade partners: export: u.s., germany, sweden.        import: u.s., japan