Editing Demographics of Panama (section)

===Asian Panamanians===
Panama has a considerable population of [[Asians]] origin; in particular Chinese, West Asians ([[Lebanon|Lebanese]], and [[Palestinians]] and [[Syria]]ns). The first [[Ethnic Chinese in Panama|Chinese immigrated to Panama]] from southern China in the 19th century to help build the Panama Railroad. There followed several waves of immigrants, especially after the 1970s, when the ensuing decades saw up to 80,000 immigrants from all over China. At least 50,000 Panamanians are ethnically Chinese, though some estimates count as many as 135,000. Most of the Chinese population reside in the province of Chiriquí. Some studies suggest that almost 1 million Panamanians have at least one Chinese ancestor.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite journal|title=Panama's Chinese community celebrates a birthday, meets new challenges|last=Jackson|first=Eric|volume=10|issue=9|date=May 2004|access-date=November 7, 2007|url=http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_09/community_01.html|journal=The Panama News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916050839/http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_09/community_01.html|archive-date=September 16, 2007}}
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