 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Panama, iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumaodzanyemba kweCentral America paIsthmus yePanama, yakagara kwenguva refu munhau yayo yose ine chokuita netsika uye zvematongerwe enyika neSouth America. Panama yakanga iri rutivi rweRuwa rweTierra Firme kubva muna 1510 kusvikira muna 1538 apo yakauya pasi pesimba reAudiencia Real de Panama yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Kutanga muna 1543, Panama yakatongwa sechikamu cheViceroyalty yePeru, pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzose dzeSpain muSouth America. Panama yakaramba iri rutivi rweViceroyalty yePeru kutozosvikira muna 1739, apo yakaendeswa kuViceroyalty yeNew Granada, ine guta rayo guru raiva paSanta Fé de Bogotá. Panama yakaramba iri rutivi rweViceroyalty yeNew Granada kutozosvikira kugadziriswa kweiyo viceroyalty muna 1819. Nhevedzano yehondo nemakakatanwa ezvematongerwe enyikarwakaitika kubvira panguva iyoyo kusvikira muna 1822, mugumisiro wacho wakabereka republic yeGran Colombia. Pashure pokuparara kweGran Colombia muna 1830, Panama yakava rutivi rwenyika yakatsiva, Republic of New Granada. Kubva muna 1855 kusvika muna 1886, Panama yaivapo seNyika yePanama, kutanga mukati meRepublic of New Granada, ipapo mukati meGranadine Confederation, uye pakupedzisira mukati meUnited States yeColombia. United States of Colombia yakatsiviwa neRepublic of Colombia muna 1886. Sechikamu cheRepublic of Colombia, Nyika yePanama yakabviswa uye yakava Dhipatimendi reIsthmus. Pasinei zvapo nokurongwazve kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakawanda, Colombia yakanga ichiri kutambudzwa zvikuru nokurwisana, uko pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kukuparadzana kwePanama pana 3 November 1903. Pashure penguva iyoyo ndipo apo vamwe vakatanga kuona Panama senyika iri kuNorth kana kuti kuCentral America. 