Panama Ceety
| Panama Ceety | |||||
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| Panamá | |||||
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  Panama Ceety
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| Coordinates: 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W | |||||
| Kintra | Panama | ||||
| Province | Panamá | ||||
| Destrict | Panama | ||||
| Foondation | August 15, 1519 | ||||
| Foonder | Pedro Arias de Ávila | ||||
| Govrenment | |||||
| - Mayor | Roxana Méndez | ||||
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| - Ceety | 275 km2 (106.2 sq mi) | ||||
| - Metro | 2,560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi) | ||||
| Hicht | 2 m (7 ft) | ||||
| Indwallers (2010) | |||||
| - Ceety | 880,691 | ||||
| - Densitie | 2,750/km2 (7,656/sq mi) | ||||
| - Metro | 1,272,672 | ||||
| HDI (2007) | 0.780 – high[1] | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.municipio.gob.pa | ||||
Panama (Spainyie: Panamá) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Republic o Panama. It haes a population o 439,642, wi a total metro population o 1,272,599, an it is locatit at the Paceefic entrance o the Panama Canal, at 8°58′N 79°32′W / 8.967°N 79.533°W. The ceety is the poleetical an administrative center o the kintra, an a hub for internaitional bankin an commerce.[2] It is considered a Gamma Warld Ceety.[3]
Wi an average GDP per capita o US$11,700,[4] Panama haes been amang the top five places for retirement in the warld, accordin tae the Internaitional Living magazine. Panama Ceety haes a dense skyline o maistly heichhrise biggins, an it is surroondit bi a lairge belt o tropical rainforest. It haes an advanced communications service, Internet uise is widespread; an Panama's Tocumen International Airport, the biggest an busiest airport o Central Americae, affers daily flichts tae major internaitional destinations.
Panama Ceety wis chosen tae be the American Caipital o Cultur for the year 2003 (jointly, wi Curitiba, Brazil).
History [edit]
Panama wis foondit on August 15, 1519, by the Spainyie conquistador Pedro Arias de Ávila. The ceety wis the stairtin point o expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru (1532). It wis a stopower point o ane o the maist important trade routes in the history o the American continent leadin tae the fairs o Nombre de Dios an Portobelo, where maist o the gowd an silver that Spain teuk frae the Americas passed through.[5] The ceety wis destroyed bi a devastatin fire, when the pirate Henry Morgan sacked it on Januar 28, 1671. It wis rebuilt an formally established on Januar 21, 1673, in a peninsula locatit 8 km frae the oreeginal settlement. The place whaur the previously devastatit ceety wis locatit is still in ruins, an haes become a tourist attraction kent as "Panama Viejo".
References [edit]
- ↑ Informe de Desarrollo Humano en Panamá (Spanish) (2007). Retrieved on 7 September 2010. .
- ↑ Investing in Panama. BussinesPanama.com. Retrieved on 16 Dizember 2010. .
- ↑ www.lboro.ac.uk The World According to GaWC 2008 – Retrieved on 2010-10-10
- ↑ Panama GDP - per capita (PPP) - Economy. Indexmundi.com (2010-02-19). Retrieved on 26 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ World Heritage Site. "World Heritage Site" (2010-02-17). Retrieved on 26 Juin 2010. .
Freemit airtins [edit]
Template:Leet o North American caipitals Coordinates: 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W
