Ethnic Chinese in Panama

Ethnic Chinese in Panama
巴拿馬華人 ; Chino-panameños
Total population
	135,000 (2003); 4% of the Panamanian population
Languages
	Spanish, Hakka, Cantonese, Taishanese, Mandarin, English
Religion
	Buddhism , Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Asian Latinos, Overseas Chinese

Ethnic Chinese in Panama, also variously referred to as Chinese Panamanians, Panamanian Chinese and Panama Chinese (Spanish: chino-panameños; Chinese: 巴拿馬華人; pinyin: Bānámǎ huárén) or in Spanish as chino-panameños, are Panamanian citizens and residents of Chinese origin or descent.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ "Panama", International Religious Freedom Report, U.S. Department of State, 2004. "5 percent of the population includes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), with an estimated 15,000 members, Seventh-day Adventists, members of Jehovah's Witnesses, Episcopalians with between 5,000 and 9,000 members, and other Christians. It also includes small but influential Jewish and Muslim communities, each with about 10,000 members; Baha'is, who maintain one of the world's seven Baha'i Houses of Worship; and recent Chinese immigrants practicing Buddhism" (emphasis added).
^ "Panama Updates 1". July 2011.
^ Siu, Lok (Summer 2005), "Queen of the Chinese Colony: Gender, Nation, and Belonging in Diaspora", Anthropological Quarterly, 78 (3): 511–42, doi:10.1353/anq.2005.0041, S2CID 144872291, retrieved 2007-11-07
^ Vega Abad, Lina (2003-07-20), "De Salsipuedes al 'barrio chino'", La Prensa, Panamá (in Spanish), archived from the original on 2007-07-16, retrieved 2007-11-07
^ "May Expel Panama Chinese; Those Who Refuse to Pay a Head Tax to be Deported To-morrow" (PDF), The New York Times, 1913-11-12, retrieved 2007-11-07

[1] "Panama", International Religious Freedom Report, U.S. Department of State, 2004. "5 percent of the population includes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), with an estimated 15,000 members, Seventh-day Adventists, members of Jehovah's Witnesses, Episcopalians with between 5,000 and 9,000 members, and other Christians. It also includes small but influential Jewish and Muslim communities, each with about 10,000 members; Baha'is, who maintain one of the world's seven Baha'i Houses of Worship; and recent Chinese immigrants practicing Buddhism" (emphasis added).

[2] "Panama Updates 1". July 2011.

[3] Siu, Lok (Summer 2005), "Queen of the Chinese Colony: Gender, Nation, and Belonging in Diaspora", Anthropological Quarterly, 78 (3): 511–42, doi:10.1353/anq.2005.0041, S2CID 144872291, retrieved 2007-11-07

[Prensa-4] Vega Abad, Lina (2003-07-20), "De Salsipuedes al 'barrio chino'", La Prensa, Panamá (in Spanish), archived from the original on 2007-07-16, retrieved 2007-11-07

[NYT-5] "May Expel Panama Chinese; Those Who Refuse to Pay a Head Tax to be Deported To-morrow" (PDF), The New York Times, 1913-11-12, retrieved 2007-11-07

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巴拿馬華人 Chino-panameños
Total population
135,000 (2003) 4% of the Panamanian population
Languages
Spanish, Hakka, Cantonese, Taishanese, Mandarin, English
Religion
Buddhism^[1] , Christianity^[2]
Related ethnic groups
Asian Latinos, Overseas Chinese