Panama City

Panama City

*Ciudad de Panamá*
Panama City Ciudad de Panamá
Capital city
	Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá
	Top to bottom, left to right: Panama Canal, Skyline, Bridge of the Americas, The bovedas, Casco Viejo of Panama (Spanish for "old quarter") and Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama.
	Flag Coat of arms Wordmark
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	Coordinates: Country 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W
Country	Panama
Province	Panamá Province
District	Panamá District
Foundation	15 August 1519
Founded by	Pedro Arias de Ávila
Government
• Mayor	José Luis Fábrega (PRD)
Area
• Capital city	2,082 km2 (804 sq mi)
• Metro	2,560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (2023)
• Capital city	1,086,990
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban	1,500,189
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$65.8 billion
• Per capita	$33,300
Area code(s)	(+507) 2, 3
HDI (2017)	0.820 – very high
Website	MuPa.gob.pa

Panama City (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá; pronounced [sjuˈða(ð) ðe panaˈma]), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama.^[4]^[5] It has a total population of 1,086,990,^[6]^[1] with over 1,500,000 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.^[7]

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^[8] and popular tourist attraction, regularly visited by school trips.

^ ^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. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab".
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Panamá (District, Panama) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. 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. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[Panama-Census-1] "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-2] "TelluBase—Panama Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[3] "Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI – Global Data Lab".

[RAE-4] 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.

[5] 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.

[:2-6] "Panamá (District, Panama) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[7] "Investing in Panama". BusinessPanama.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

[8] 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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