The Republic of Panama is the southernmost country of Central America. A transcontinental country, its isthmus constitutes the southernmost part of a natural land bridge between the subcontinents of North America and South America. It borders ► Costa Rica to the northwest, ► Colombia to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Panama, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Panama.
The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
