AmaPanama asungulwe ngaziphi izwe?

Sonke siyazi ukuthi ikhanda elihloselwe ukuvikela ilanga elikhanyayo, kodwa hhayi abaningi abawazi ukuthi yiliphi izwe amaPanama asungulwe, ngephutha ukuthi bakholwa ukuthi kwenziwe eRiphabhulikhi yasePanama.

I-Panama, umlando wezwe

Umlando wasePanama, emingcele esiyazi manje, ineminyaka engama-500 nje kuphela ukutholakala kolwandle nguChristopher Columbus. Ngesikhathi esifushane esinjalo, ngamazinga omlando, wasinda ezenzakalweni eziningi.

Umlando wezwe waqala ngenkathi yekoloni ngaphansi kokubusa kweSpain, okwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho sekuzimele ngo-1821. Kodwa-ke isimo esincane kangaka saba yisikhathi esengeziwe sokujoyina iColombia, okwenziwe. Futhi kuphela ngo-1903 iPanama yaba yizimele ngempela. Futhi ngo-1904 isivumelwano saqedwa ne-USA ngokuqasha indawo yePanama Canal. Futhi, endleleni, kwakuyilo mcimbi okhethiwe igama lekhanda, esikukhulume ngalo ekuqaleni.

Ivelaphi iPanama?

Eqinisweni, indawo yokuzalwa yasePanama i-Ecuador. Lapha, lesi sikhwama sokukhanya somhlanga nomhlanga siyaziwa kusukela ngekhulu leshumi nanhlanu. Kwakuyintandokazi kakhulu phakathi kwabalimi ababengenayo enye indlela yokuzivikela eweni elishisayo. Igama langempela lePanama lithi "Sombrero de groin yaseTokilla".

Futhi iPanama yaqala ukubizwa ngemuva kokuba abaseMelika abakha iPanama Canal bathenga isithunzi esikhulu sabasebenzi ababhekene nokushisa okukhulu.