Panama Ceety | |
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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. | |
Coordinates: 8°59′N 79°31′W / 8.983°N 79.517°W | |
Kintra | Panama |
Province | Panamá |
Destrict | Panama |
Foondation | August 15, 1519 |
Foondit bi | Pedro Arias de Ávila |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Roxana Méndez |
Area | |
• Ceety | 275 km2 (106 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2560.8 km2 (988.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Ceety | 880,691 |
• Density | 2750/km2 (7656/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,272,672 |
HDI (2007) | 0.780 – high[1] |
Website | www.municipio.gob.pa |
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. 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).