Panama City
capital of Panama
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Summary
Panama City is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,041 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Panamá District[5]
- Country: Panama[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[7], Panama Canal[8]
- Head of government: Mayer Mizrachi[9]
- Instance of: metropolitan area[10], big city[11]
- Official language: Spanish[12]
- Founder: Pedro Arias Dávila[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Taipei[14], Fort Lauderdale[15], Guadalajara[16], Incheon[17], Miami[18], Tel Aviv[19], Paita[20], Mexico City[21], Madrid[22], San Diego[23], Manila[24], Barranquilla[25], Callao[26], Imabari[27]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Panama City[28]
- Postal code: 0801[29]
- Part of: Central Panama[30]
- Commons category: Panama City[31]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[32]
- Local dialing code: 507[33]
- Inception: August 25, 1519[34]
- Official website: https://mupa.gob.pa/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Panama City[36]
- Population: 1,540,000[37]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[43], Meyer’s Universum, Achter Band[44]
- Capital of: Panama[45], Panamá District[46]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish[47]
- Present in work: Civilization V[48]
- Official name: Panamá[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Panama City[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Panama City include it[51], a city in the United States[52], in United States[53], founded in 1909[54] and Congress of Panama[55], a convention[56].
Why It Matters
Panama City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for it include it[51], a city in the United States[52], in United States[53], founded in 1909[54] and Congress of Panama[55], a convention[56].