Panama City
Panama City
Ciudad de Panamá | |
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| Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá | |
Skyline of Panama City Panama Canal at Panama City Casco Viejo (old quarter) of Panama Bridge of the Americas Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama Biomuseo Panama Viejo | |
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Flag Coat of arms Wordmark | |
Panama City Panama City Panama City | |
| Coordinates: 8°58′16″N 79°32′5″W / 8.97111°N 79.53472°W | |
| Country | Panama |
| Province | Panamá Province |
| District | Panamá District |
| Foundation | 15 August 1519 |
| Founded by | Pedro Arias de Ávila |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mayer Mizrachi (Independent) |
| Area | |
| 86.6 km2 (33.4 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 2,560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
| 410,354[1] | |
| • Density | 4,750/km2 (12,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,100,189[2] |
| GDP (Nominal, 2023) | |
| • Metro | US$38.4 billion[3] |
| • Per capita | US$19,400 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| Area code | (+507) 2, 3 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.820 – very high[4] |
| Website | MuPa.gob.pa |
Panama City,[5] also known as Panama,[a] is the capital and largest city of Panama.[6][7] It has a total population of 410,354 in the city proper[1] and 1,086,990 in the Panama District,[2][8] which includes the outer corregimientos of the city. The metropolitan area has over 2,100,000 people. 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.[9]
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[10] and popular tourist attraction, regularly visited by school trips.
- ^ a b Cuadro 10. SUPERFICIE, POBLACIÓN Y DENSIDAD DE POBLACIÓN EN LA REPÚBLICA, SEGÚN PROVINCIA, COMARCA INDÍGENA, DISTRITO Y CORREGIMIENTO: CENSOS DE 2000, 2010 Y 2023
- ^ 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.
- ^ "TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab". Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá, Spanish: [sjuˈða(ð) ðe panaˈma])
- ^ Real Academia de la Lengua Española (October 2005). "Diccionario panhispánico de dudas. Apéndice 5: Lista de países y capitales, con sus gentilicios" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ 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, archived from the original on 19 July 2013, retrieved 17 July 2013,
GENT. panameño -ña. CAP. Panamá.
Panamá.2 Capital de Panamá. - ^ "Panamá (District, Panama) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Investing in Panama". BusinessPanama.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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