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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 ...
1821 - City becomes part of Gran Colombia. [1] 1826 - June: City hosts Panama Congress. [2] 1830 - City becomes part of Republic of New Granada. [5] 1849 - Panama Star English-language newspaper begins publication. [6] 1853 - La Estrella de Panamá newspaper in publication. [citation needed] 1855 - Panama Railway begins operating. [7]
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.
Panamá Viejo (English: "Old Panama"), also known as Panamá la Vieja, is the remaining part of the original Panama City, the former capital of Panama, which was destroyed in 1671 by the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan. It is located in the suburbs of the current capital.
In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast. A year later Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage, sailing south and eastward from upper Central America, explored Bocas del Toro, Veragua, the Chagres River and Portobelo (Beautiful Port) which he named.
A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images) Editor’s Note: This story originally published on December 23, 2024.
Image credits: Rose Smith #8 Garrett Morgan Invented What Would Become The Yellow Traffic Light. Before Morgan's invention, traffic lights only had "stop" and "go" without any indication to slow down.
History of Panama City. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Centuries in Panama City (2 C) M. Museums in Panama City (6 P)