Panama City is home to the embassies and consulates of quite a number of countries. But some major nations are missing: Australia, for instance, advises its citizens to contact the Australian embassy in Mexico if they need help. A few countries with embassies or consulates in Panama City include:

Canada: World Trade Center, Calle 53 Este in Marbella, tel. 264-9731, fax 263-8083, www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/panama/menu-en.asp

Colombia: World Trade Center, Calle 53 Este in Marbella, tel. 264-9513 or 264-9266 (embassy), tel. 223-3535 (consul general), fax 223-1134, www.embajadadecolombia.org.pa/

Costa Rica: Avenida 2 Sur/Samuel Lewis, tel. 264-2980 or 758-9128 (consulate), fax 264-6348 (Costa Rica also has a consulate in David: Calle C Sur and Avenida 2 Este Avenida, tel. 774-1923.)

Cuba: Avenida Cuba and Ecuador, tel. 227-5277 or 227-0359, fax 225-6681

El Salvador: Calle 58 and Avenida Samuel Lewis, tel. 223-3020

France: Plaza de Francia in Casco Viejo, tel. 211-6200, fax 211-6235

Germany: World Trade Center, Calle 53 Este in Marbella, tel. 263-7733, fax 223-6664, www.panama.diplo.de

Great Britain: MMG Tower, Calle 53 Este in Marbella, tel. 269-0866, fax 223-0730, www.britishembassy.gov.uk/panama

Guatemala: Vía Argentina, tel. 269-3406, fax 223-1922

Mexico: ADR Tower, Calle 58 and Avenida Samuel Lewis, tel. 263-4900 or 263-2159, www.sre.gob.mx/panama

Nicaragua: Vía España y Calle Elvira Mendez, Edificio Torre Delta, tel. 269-6721 or 264-6431, consulnicpa [at] cableonda [dot] net

Spain: Calle 33 and Avenida Perú, tel. 227-5122, fax 227-6284, emb.panama [at] mae [dot] es

United States: The U.S. embassy recently moved from central Panama City to an enormous, fortress-like compound in Clayton, in the former Canal Zone. The American Citizens Service Unit (Building 520, Clayton, tel. 207-7030, fax 207-7303, http://panama.usembassy.gov, 8 a.m.–noon Mon.–Fri.) is closed on the last Wednesday of every month and on all U.S. and Panamanian holidays. The main embassy phone number is 207-7000.