Editing Panama (section)

===Ethnic groups===
[[File:Panama 08 2013 Ave Balboa 7044.JPG|thumb|[[Panama City]], Panama's capital]]

In 2010 the population was 65 percent [[Mestizo]] (mixed white, Native American), 12.3 percent Native American, 9.2 percent Black or African descent, 6.8 percent mulatto, and 6.7 percent White.<ref name="cia" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/panama/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=CIA.gov|date=December 2, 2021|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123023447/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/panama/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Amerindian population includes seven ethnic groups: the [[Ngäbe]], [[Guna people|Guna]], [[Emberá people|Emberá]], [[Bokota people|Buglé]], [[Wounaan]], [[Naso people|Naso Tjerdi]] (Teribe), and [[Bribri people|Bri Bri]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iwgia.org/regions/latin-america/panama/887-update-2011-panama |title=Update 2011 – Panama |publisher=Iwgia.org |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307063455/http://www.iwgia.org/regions/latin-america/panama/887-update-2011-panama |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Most Afro-Panamanians live on the Panama–[[Colón, Panama|Colón]] metropolitan area, the Darién Province, [[La Palma, Darién|La Palma]], and [[Bocas del Toro Province]]. Areas in Panama City with significant Afro-Panamian influence Rio Abajo and Casco Viejo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-03 |title=Top 3 Afro-Panamanian Places Black Expats in Panama City, Panama Should Visit. |url=https://allthingsbiola.com/2023/01/03/top-3-afro-panamanian-places-black-expats-in-panama-city-panama-should-visit/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=AllThingsBiola |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908231240/https://allthingsbiola.com/2023/01/03/top-3-afro-panamanian-places-black-expats-in-panama-city-panama-should-visit/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Braga |first=Brunno |date=2023-10-06 |title=Panama: How To Experience Afro Culture in the Country |url=https://travelnoire.com/panama-afro-culture |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Travel Noire |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908231240/https://travelnoire.com/panama-afro-culture |url-status=live }}</ref> Black Panamanians are descendants of African slaves brought to the Americas in the [[Atlantic slave trade]]. The second wave of black people brought to Panama came from the Caribbean during the construction of the Panama Canal.

Panama also has a considerable Chinese and Indian population brought to work on the canal during its construction. Most [[Chinese Panamanians]] reside in the province of [[Chiriquí Province|Chiriquí]]{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} and Chinese Panamanians compose 4% of the population of Panama.<ref name="Mon"/><ref name="Jackson"/> Europeans and [[Demographics of Panama#European Panamanians|White Panamanians]] are a minority in Panama forming 6.7% of the population. Panama is also home to a small Arab community that has [[mosque]]s and practices Islam, as well as a Jewish community and many synagogues.