How to identify Panama in GeoGuessr?

- The official language is Spanish - The domain is .pa - The Google car is white and sometimes has a thick antenna - License plates have a coloured band—often green or blue—along the top - Yellow taxis display the city or route name on the side

Panama

clues 9Regions 12Updated 2023-10-17

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LanguageSpanish

Driving sideDrives on the right

Domain.pa

Camera gensGen 4

Easily confused with:Mexico, Senegal, KenyaQuizzes for this area:Panama State Quiz, Panama City Quiz, Area code quiz (Panama)

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Clues that work anywhere in this area

Language & Script★★★

The official language is Spanish.

Examples1

Google Car★★★

The white Google Car here has a thick antenna. Even where the antenna isn't visible, the blur tends to be heavier than usual.

Watch outDon't let your guard down and mix this up with Senegal or Kenya.1 2

Examples1 2 3 4See alsoSenegal Kenya

License Plate★★★

License plates often have green or blue at the top. Sometimes the whole plate is blue or red.

Examples1SourcesVehicle registration plates of Panama Vehicle registration plates of Panama

Vehicle★★★

Yellow taxis run here, with a city or route name written on the side.

Examples1 2 3

Narrowing down the region3

Once you know the area: which part of it

Area Code

Phone area codes narrow down the region

Phone area codes are assigned by region. When a number shows up on a sign, an advert or a van, its leading digits narrow the location down to a part of the country.

Practise with the area code quiz

Coloured by leading digit

Utility poles

Utility Pole★★★

If the plate on a utility pole is mounted horizontally, you're west of Panama City; vertically, and you're east of it.

Watch outAround Colón, north of Panama City, they're probably mostly vertical too, though the source video doesn't mention it.1 2 3 4

Examples1 2 3 4 5SourcesI Learned Geoguessr's NEWEST Country for the World Cup

Where

West of Panama City (horizontal)
East of Panama City (vertical)

Cropped from: By Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States - La Mesa, Panama, CC BY 2.0

Elevation

Landscape★★★

There's a mountain range to the west. The northwest gets heavy rainfall with mountains visible to the south, while the west is somewhat drier with mountains visible to the north.

Examples1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Where

Building★★★

Thatched-roof huts are common, especially in coastal areas.

Examples1 2

Narrowing down the city2

Once you know the region: which city or town

Panama Canal

Other★★★

Ships and container terminals line the Panama Canal.

Examples1 2

Where

Volcán Barú

Landscape★★★

Around Volcán Barú, near the western border, you can find fairly large, black, rounded volcanic rocks. They're not especially common.

Examples1 2 3

Where

Regions

Hover a region on the map to see its name

Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place

A transportation crossroads, home to the Panama Canal connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic^[ref]
The currency is the US dollar (at par with the balboa)^[ref]

Companies

Companies with ties to this region. However, this does not necessarily mean they can be used on GeoGuessr.

Logos you may spot

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
The first Latin American company to list on the New York Stock Exchange; available via SBI Securities.
Official site (IR)

Nearby areas

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