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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 ...
Panama is located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. It mostly lies between latitudes 7° and 10°N, and longitudes 77° and 83°W (a small area lies west of 83°). Its location on the Isthmus of Panama is strategic. By 2000, Panama controlled the Panama Canal which ...
In the IANA time zone database, Panama is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/Panama. " PA " refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code . Data for Panama directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: [2]
Location of Panama between the Pacific Ocean (bottom) and the Caribbean Sea (top), with the canal at top center. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
Panama Metro. The Panama Metro (Spanish: Metro de Panamá) is a rapid transit system in Panama City, Panama. [4] It links neighborhoods north and the east of the metropolitan area to the city center. The Metro was built to relieve the traffic congestion between the city and San Miguelito District and to offer commuters a viable alternative to ...
2003. Region. Latin America and the Caribbean. Casco Antiguo (Spanish for Old Quarter), also known as Casco Viejo or San Felipe, is the historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city, Panamá Viejo in 1671, when the latter was attacked by pirates.
Presidents of Panama (1904–present) No. Portrait President (Birth–Death) Elected Term of office Political Party Took office Left office Time in office 1 Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833–1909) First tenure: 1904: 20 February 1904 23 June 1907 [2] 3 years, 123 days PC: 2 José Domingo de Obaldía (1845–1910) First tenure — 24 June 1907 [2 ...
June 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM. Raleigh-Durham International Airport welcomed a 160-seat, blue-finned Boeing 737 Friday touting the name of an airline that may be new to some Triangle residents: Copa ...