Answer: A country of southeast Central America. The region was inhabited by a variety of Indian peoples when Columbus landed on its Caribbean coast in 1502. The indigenous peoples that the Spanish found were thus generally more primitive. They lived in small villages or survived as hunter gatherers and fishermen. Indeed, the name “Panama” itself comes from an old indigenous word meaning “abundance of fish”.
Explanation: it used to be called Republic of Colombia
The Republic of Colombia (1819–1830) or 'Gran Colombia' as it was called after 1886, roughly corresponded in territory to the former colonial administrative district Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1819).
