Panama Ceety

Panama Ceety
Ceety
Panamá
Top tae bottom, left tae richt: Panama Canal, Skyline, Brig o the Americaes, The bovedas, Casco Viejo o Panama an Metropolitan Cathedral o Panama.
Top tae bottom, left tae richt: Panama Canal, Skyline, Brig o the Americaes, The bovedas, Casco Viejo o Panama an Metropolitan Cathedral o Panama.
Banner o Panama Ceety
Banner
Coat of airms o Panama Ceety
Coat airms
Panama Ceety is located in Panama
Panama Ceety
Panama Ceety
Coordinates: 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W / 8.983; -79.517
KintraPanama
ProvincePanamá
DestrictPanama
FoondationAugust 15, 1519
Foondit biPedro Arias de Ávila
Govrenment
 • MayorRoxana Méndez
Area
 • Ceety275 km2 (106 sq mi)
 • Metro
2560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Ceety880,691
 • Density2750/km2 (7656/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,272,672
HDI (2007)0.780 – high[1]
Websitewww.municipio.gob.pa
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Panama (Spaingie: Panamá) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Republic o Panama. It haes a population o 439,642, wi a tot 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 / 8.967; -79.533. The ceety is the poleetical an administrative centre 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 tap 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).

  1. "Informe de Desarrollo Humano en Panamá" (in Spanish). 2007. Archived frae the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. "Investing in Panama". BussinesPanama.com. Archived frae the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. www.lboro.ac.uk The World According to GaWC 2008 – Retrieved on 2010-10-10
  4. "Panama GDP - per capita (PPP) - Economy". Indexmundi.com. 19 Februar 2010. Retrieved 26 Juin 2010.

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