Total population | |
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c. 3,700 (by birth)[1] c. 21,000 (by ancestry)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Panama City | |
Languages | |
Panamanian Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans |
Italian Panamanians (Italian: italo-panamensi; Spanish: ítalo-panameños) are Panamanian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Panama during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Panama. Italian Panamanians are mainly descendant of Italians attracted by the construction of the Panama Canal, between the 19th and 20th century.