Ka cika wannan magana: 'Yan asalin ƙasar Panama ne suka zauna a ƙasar kafin 'yan mulkin mallaka na Spain su zo a ƙarni na 16. Ya rabu da Spain a 1821 kuma ya shiga Jamhuriyar Gran Colombia, ƙungiyar Nueva Granada, Ecuador, da Venezuela. Bayan da Gran Colombia ta rushe a 1831, Panama da Nueva Granada sun zama Jamhuriyar Colombia. Tare da goyon bayan Amurka, Panama ta rabu da Colombia a 1903, ta ba da damar gina Gidan Ruwa na Panama don Kammala ta Rundunar Sojojin Amurka tsakanin 1904 da 1914. Yarjejeniyar Torrijos-Carter ta 1977 ta amince da canja wurin tashar daga Amurka zuwa Panama a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1999. Ƙungiyar
An dawo da yankin da ke kewaye da shi a shekarar 1979.