Historia de panama
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Panama (Spanish: Panamá) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacificentrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, and a hub for international banking and commerce. It is considered a GammaWorld City.
With an average GDP per capita of $11,700, Panama has been among the top five places for retirement in the world, according to International Living magazine. Panama City has a denseskyline of mostly highrise buildings, and it is surrounded by a large belt of tropical rainforest. It has an advanced communications system, Internet use is widespread; and Panama's TocumenInternational Airport, the biggest and busiest airport of Central America, offers daily flights to major international destinations.
Panama City was chosen to be the American Capital of Culture for 2003(jointly, with Curitiba, Brazil).
History
Further information: Panamá Viejo
Panama was founded on August 15, 1519 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias de Ávila. The city was the starting point ofexpeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru (1532). It was a stopover point of one of the most important trade routes in the history of the American continent leading to the fairs of Nombre deDios and Portobelo, where most of the gold and silver that Spain took from the Americas passed through. The city was destroyed by a devastating fire, when the pirate Henry Morgan sacked it on January28, 1671. It was rebuilt and formally established on January 21, 1673 in a peninsula located 8 km from the original settlement. The place where the previously devastated city was located is still inruins, and has become a tourist attraction known as "Panama Viejo".
Geography
The entrance to the Metropolitan National Park
Panama is located between the Pacific Ocean and tropical rain forest....
With an average GDP per capita of $11,700, Panama has been among the top five places for retirement in the world, according to International Living magazine. Panama City has a denseskyline of mostly highrise buildings, and it is surrounded by a large belt of tropical rainforest. It has an advanced communications system, Internet use is widespread; and Panama's TocumenInternational Airport, the biggest and busiest airport of Central America, offers daily flights to major international destinations.
Panama City was chosen to be the American Capital of Culture for 2003(jointly, with Curitiba, Brazil).
History
Further information: Panamá Viejo
Panama was founded on August 15, 1519 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias de Ávila. The city was the starting point ofexpeditions that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru (1532). It was a stopover point of one of the most important trade routes in the history of the American continent leading to the fairs of Nombre deDios and Portobelo, where most of the gold and silver that Spain took from the Americas passed through. The city was destroyed by a devastating fire, when the pirate Henry Morgan sacked it on January28, 1671. It was rebuilt and formally established on January 21, 1673 in a peninsula located 8 km from the original settlement. The place where the previously devastated city was located is still inruins, and has become a tourist attraction known as "Panama Viejo".
Geography
The entrance to the Metropolitan National Park
Panama is located between the Pacific Ocean and tropical rain forest....
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