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panama*

H.E. Heriberto Arúz Sánchez,
Chairperson, TE

PArt i 12. Literacy Levels
Literacy rate of 94.09%. While the male literacy
CoUNtrY ProfiLE rate is 94.71%, for females is 93.49%

PArt ii
1. Country Name
PANAMA LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

2. Official Name
Republic of Panama LEGISLATURE

3. Government 1. Structure of National Legislature
Presidential Republic Unicameral
4. Head of the Government 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
President – LaurentinoCortizo National Assembly

5. Head of the State 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
President – LaurentinoCortizo nominated
Currently 71 legislators are elected (previously
6. Capital 78) and there are 39 electoral circuits (previously
Panama City 42), 26 single-member and 13 multi-member
constituencies.
7. Currency
Panamanian balboa 4. Popular House
Asamblea Nacional
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, 5. Type of Electoral System
Native American 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Presidential System
Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified
0.2%), black or African descent 9.2%, mulatto PArt iii
6.8%, white 6.7% (2010 est.) ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of Independence and from which Country
3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
independent from Spain on 28 November 1821)
1. Name of the EMB(S)
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution Tribunal Electoral de Panama (TE) (Electoral
11 October 1972 Tribunal)

11. Language (s)
Spanish (official)

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