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Content: Configurations of the corregimientosare changed periodically to accommodate population changes as revealed
        in the census reports. The country's two international boundaries, with Colombia and Costa
        Rica, have been clearly demarcated, and in the late 1980s there were no
        outstanding disputes. The country claims the seabed of the continental
        shelf, which has been defined by Panama to extend to the 500-meter
        submarine contour. In addition, a 1958 law asserts jurisdiction over 12
        nautical miles from the coastlines, and in 1968 the government announced
        a claim to a 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. The Caribbean coastline is marked by several good natural harbors. However, Cristóbal, at the Caribbean terminus of the canal, had the
        only important port facilities in the late 1980s. The numerous islands
        of the Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro, near the Costa Rican border,
        provide an extensive natural roadstead and shield the banana port of
        Almirante. The over 350 San Blas Islands, near Colombia, are strung out
        for more than 160 kilometers along the sheltered Caribbean coastline. The major port on the Pacific coastline is Balboa. The principal
        islands are those of the Archipiélago de las Perlas in the middle of
        the Gulf of Panama, the penal colony on the Isla de Coiba in the Golfo
        de Chiriquí, and the decorative island of Taboga, a tourist attraction
        that can be seen from Panama City.