Panama City (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá), population 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000 is the capital of Panama, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at 8°58N, 79°32W. Panama City is the political, administrative and cultural center of the country. Juan Carlos Navarro is the current mayor of the city. Recently, Panama City has become one of the most important financial centers in Central America, with more than 104 banks, and has become a hub for high-rise buildings (eight of the ten tallest skyscrapers in Latin America are either in Panama City or in the process of being built). The city enjoys five large multilevel malls and many five-star hotels. Source: Wikipedia
|
This Category is currently empty
|
-
Los Santos Panama Province
( 2 items )
Los Santos is a province of Panama. The capital city
is Las Tablas, which is famous for its carnivals, the Festival Nacional
de la Pollera (National Festival of the Pollera), and the Festival of
the Patron Santa Librada. The province Los Santos and Herrera are
important in Panamanian folklore because they are believed to be the
birth place of the Pollera, the traditional Panamanian dress. Los
Santos has a surface of 3,804.6 kilometers squared and 83,485
inhabitants. The primary economical activities are growing corn, rice,
coffee, sugar cane and the raising of livestock and commerce.
|