This is Panama 🇵🇦 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | Panama City |
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| Population | about 4.25 million |
| Area | 75,263 km² (29,059 sq mi) |
| Region | Central America, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Panama |
| Also written | Panamá (es) · Panama (fr) · 巴拿马 (zh) · بنما (ar) · Панама (ru) · パナマ (ja) |
Start near the middle of Panama and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 8.4056° S, 98.5169° E, in Indian Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 453 km (281 miles) north-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 815 km (506 miles) from the point.
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