| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,652 (2022)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Panama City,David,Colón andPenonomé. | |
| Languages | |
| Mexican Spanish,Panamanian Spanish, and a minority ofIndigenous Mexican Languages. | |
| Religion | |
| PredominantlyRoman Catholicism. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mexicans |
Mexicans in Panama, orMexican Panamanians are people born inMexico who live inPanama, or people who were born in Panama but who are or were of Mexican descent.
Carlos Fuentes was born of Mexican parents inPanama, on November 11, 1928 and died aged 83 in Mexico City, on May 15, 2012. His father was a diplomat, and he spent his childhood in various capitals of Latin America:Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C.,Santiago, Quito andBuenos Aires, the city where his father comes in 1934 as a counselor of the Embassy of Mexico. He passes his summers inMexico City, studying in schools to keep his language and learn the history of his country. He lived in Santiago de Chile (1941–1943)[2] and Buenos Aires where he was influenced by notable personalities in American cultural sphere.[3][4]
Legendary Panamanian boxerRoberto Durán is also of Mexican descent; his father, Margarito Durán, being a Mexican-American soldier fromArizona,United States.[5]
| Indigenous | ||
|---|---|---|
| Non-Indigenous | ||
