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Panama City

Panama City
Ciudad de Panamá
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá
Flag of Panama City
Official logo of Panama City
Panama City is located in Panama
Panama City
Panama City
Panama City is located in South America
Panama City
Panama City
Panama City is located in North America
Panama City
Panama City
Panama City is located in North Atlantic
Panama City
Panama City
Panama City is located in America
Panama City
Panama City
Panama City is located in Caribbean
Panama City
Panama City
Coordinates: Country 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W / 8.983; -79.517
CountryPanama
ProvincePanamá Province
DistrictPanamá District
Foundation15 August 1519
Founded byPedro Arias de Ávila
Government
 • MayorMayer Mizrachi (PP)
Area
2,082 km2 (804 sq mi)
 • Metro
2,560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2023)
1,086,990
 • Density520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,100,189
 [1]
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$65.8 billion[2]
 • Per capita$33,300
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)(Not Observed)
Area code(s)(+507) 2, 3
HDI (2017)0.820 – very high[3]
WebsiteMuPa.gob.pa

Panama City,[4] also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama.[5][6] It has a total population of 1,086,990,[1][7] with over 2,100,000 in its urban area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for banking and commerce.[8]

The city of Panama was founded on 15 August 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila. The city was the starting point for expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire of Peru. It was a stopover point on one of the most important trade routes in the American continent, leading to the fairs of Nombre de Dios and Portobelo, through which passed most of the gold and silver that Spain mined from the Americas.

On 28 January 1671, the original city was destroyed by a fire when the privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The city was formally reestablished two years later on 21 January 1673, on a peninsula located 8 km (5 miles) from the original settlement. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins, and is now a World Heritage Site[9] and popular tourist attraction, regularly visited by school trips.

  1. ^ a b "Cuadro 11. Superficie, población y densidad de población en la República, según Provincia, Comarca indígena, Distrito y Corregimiento: Censos de 1990, 2000 y 2010". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Contraloría General de la República de Panamá. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ "TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab".
  4. ^ (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá, Spanish: [sjuˈða(ð) ðe panaˈma])
  5. ^ Real Academia de la Lengua Española (October 2005). "Diccionario panhispánico de dudas. Apéndice 5: Lista de países y capitales, con sus gentilicios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ^ Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, «Lista de países y capitales, con sus gentilicios», Ortografía de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa Española, Real Academia (2010), Panamá.1 País de América., Espasa, p. 726, ISBN 978-84-670-3426-4, GENT. panameño -ña. CAP. Panamá.
    Panamá.2 Capital de Panamá.
  7. ^ "Panamá (District, Panama) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Investing in Panama". BusinessPanama.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  9. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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