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Santiago
Santiago , city (1990 pop. 60,959), W central Panama. Santiago is a communications and commercial center in the Pacific lowlands. It is a provincial and district capital. ... Read more
David
David , city (1990 pop. 102,678), capital of Chiriquí prov., SW Panama. It is a regional commercial and processing center and is Panama's fourth largest city. Cattle raising is the principal occupation in the region, but tropical fruits, coffee, cacao, and sugar are also produced. David is su... Read more
Portobelo
Portobelo   Porto Bello , or Puerto Bello , town, central Panama, on the Caribbean Sea. The site, an excellent harbor, was visited by Columbus. The town was founded in 1597. A thriving colonial city, it was connected by a stone highway with Panama city; both ports were the points of transs... Read more
William Crawford Gorgas
William Crawford Gorgas 1854-1920, American disease and sanitation expert, surgeon general of the United States, b. Mobile, Ala., grad. Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1879. He served with the U.S. army medical corps after 1880. Stricken with yellow fever while stationed at Fort Brown, Tex., Gor... Read more
Inter-American Highway
Inter-American Highway c.3,400 mi (5,470 km) long, section of the Pan-American Highway system from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to Panama City, Panama. Much of the highway prior to 1941 had been built by the countries concerned, but wartime necessity led the United States to appropriate funds to assist ... Read more
Holy See
Holy See see Vatican City . ... Read more
Panama
Panama , Span. Panamá, officially Republic of Panama, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,039,000), 29,760 sq mi (77,081 sq km), occupying the Isthmus of Panama, which connects Central and South America. To the west and east of Panama, respectively, are Costa Rica and Colombia; the Panama Canal ... Read more
San Francisco
San Francisco , city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Gate; inc. 1850. The city is the heart of the San Francisco Bay region and with Oak... Read more
City of David
City of David in the Bible, epithet of Bethlehem , the birthplace of David, and of Jerusalem , his capital. ... Read more
isthmus
isthmus , narrow neck of land connecting two larger land areas. Since it commands the only land route between two large areas and is on two seas, an isthmus has great strategical and commercial importance and is a favorable situation for a city. In modern times many isthmuses have been cut through b... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Panama City"

Panama City
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Panama City Capital of Panama, on the shore of the Gulf of Panama, near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal . It was founded by Pedro Arias de Avila in 1519, and was destroyed and rebuilt in the 17th century. It became the capital of Panama in 1903... Read more
Panama
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Panama area: 77,080sq km (29,761sq...177 capital (population): Panama City (463,093) government: Multiparty...Republic on the Isthmus of Panama, connecting Central and South America; the capital is Panama City . Land and climate The narrowest part of Panama is less than 60km ... Read more
Panama Canal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the United States a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama in return for an initial cash payment of $10 million and...regional population, was encouraged by the United States. Panama rose in revolt on Nov. 3, 1903, declaring itself independent...of 1846, the United States sent an American warship to ... Read more
Panamanians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...States plummeted again in 1988. Panama's dictator, General Manuel...000 U.S. troops landed in Panama City, seizing Noriega and installing...government. 2 • LOCATION Panama is a little smaller than the...complete integration into Panama society. As elsewhere in Latin...addition to ... Read more
Arnulfo Arias
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...American-backed revolt made Panama an independent country in...After interning at Boston City Hospital, he returned to Panama in 1925. The Arias family...gave the executive power in Panama to Marco Robles. Four years...waited until 1977 to return to Panama. Torrijos was still in ... Read more
Roberto Chiari
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...American economy) also wracked Panama, and Chiari had to go to work...aboard a ferry belonging to the Panama Canal Company. His job was...gone to LaSalle School in Panama City and had served his father...1930s were tough times in Panama as well as elsewhere. But...news of the incident ... Read more
Omar Torrijos
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Omar Torrijos Omar Torrijos (1929-1981) was not only Panama's most famous leader in that country's history but also...Santiago, which is located about 100 miles southwest of Panama's capital, Panama City. (Panama runs east-west not north-south.) Omar's parents taught school... Read more
Noriega, Manuel
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Noriega Born: February 11, 1934 Panama City, Panama Panamanian military leader First...his maid in a poor section of Panama City, Panama, in 1934. At the age of five...cutting off communications with Panama City. Torrijos emerged as the major... Read more
Guillermo Endara
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...shelter within the Vatican embassy in Panama City, Endara wrote Pope John Paul II...1980s Endara had a law practice in Panama City and continued to lecture at the...invasion more than 2,000 people in Panama City were still homeless as a result... Read more
Manuel A. Noriega
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...born 1934), the strongman of Panama, was finally deposed by a U...his maid in a poor barrio of Panama City in 1934. At the age of five...in engineering. Returning to Panama, he was commissioned a sub...assigned to a unit at Colon, the city lying near the Caribbean terminus of the ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Panama City"

Panama City
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Panama City, Panama, USA 1. Panama: founded as Panamá near a village...village merged in 1909 with another village called Panama City, named after the city in the Canal Zone in Panama, and took its name. Read more
Panama Invasion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...xED; n drug cartel in the 1980s and the emergence of Panama as a money-laundering site proved far more lucrative than...States sent additional military forces to the Canal Zone in Panama, recalled its ambassador, and encouraged PDF officers...dignity battalions." The 13,000 U.S. troops stationed in ... Read more
Panama
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...xE9;lite-dominated politics which have characterized Panama during much of the 20th century have led to its occupation...1989. From 1968 to 1981, General Omar Torrijos controlled Panama, working to diversity the economy and reduce US sovereignty...long-standing national resentment. In 1977 he signed the ... Read more
Noriega Morena, Manuel Antonio
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Noriega Morena, Manuel Antonio (b. 1934). Dictator of Panama 1983–9 As leader of the army and hence effectively of Panama, he was unable to overcome the country's economic crisis...1990, after US President Bush had ordered his troops into Panama City. He was taken to Miami, where in 1992 he ... Read more
Colombia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...separated by the isthmus of Panama. To the east is Venezuela...the Chibchas and founded the city of Bogotá in 1538. The...over Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. Colombia remained a viceroyalty...his leadership New Granada, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador were...USA, led to the separation of ... Read more
Colón
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela Panama: founded in 1850 as Aspinwall after William H. Aspinwall (1807–85), one of the American sponsors of the Panama Railway. The city was renamed in 1890 with the Spanish version of the name... Read more
Sevilla
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Sevilla, Colombia, Panama Colombia: founded in 1903 as San Luis ‘St Louis’ and renamed after Seville, the city in Spain, in 1914. Read more
Salamanca
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Salamanca, Chile, Mexico, Panama, Spain, USA 1. Spain (Castile‐...referrred to as Polis Megale ‘Great City’. Its present name, however, may...Salmantica, a Greek historian who lived in the city.2. USA (New York): founded as Bucktooth... Read more
Santa Rosa
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Santa Rosa, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, Guam, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela USA (California): founded in 1833 and probably named after St Rose (1586... Read more
Santa Fe
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...Galapagos Islands, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Spain, USA 1. Argentina: a province and a city founded in 1573 as Santa Fe de Vera Cruz...de San Francisco de Asis ‘Royal City of the Holy Faith of St Francis of Assisi... Read more

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coffee
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Casa Misael Celebes Chamba Chaqqa chicory China cinnamon roast city roast Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Cucutas Djimmah Ecuador El Salvador...Mocha/Moka Moloka’i Mysore Narino Nicaragua Oahu Oaxaca Panama Papua New Guinea Peaberry Puerto Rico Reunion Robusta Rwanda... Read more

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Foreign investors fuel Panama construction boom: Panama City is a hotbead for construction activity, creating a healthy market for paint and coatings.(International Coatings Scene: LATIN AMERICA)
Magazine article from: Coatings World; 2/1/2008; ; 580 words ; Panama City's skyline is being pierced by hundreds...suppliers. Real estate investments are hot in Panama City now, particularly for upscale residential...built, one estimate of the market suggested Panama City would have nine out of the ten tallest... Read more
Panama City. (Best of Latin America).(recommended services, Panama City, Panama)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 1/1/2003; 527 words ; ...CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL Caesar Park Panama. Panama's Atlapa Convention Center...BEST LARGE HOTEL Marriott Panama. This hotel chain has come...Washington, D.C., in 1927. Its Panama City hotel rises from the financial...partnership of the Kansas City Southern Railway and ... Read more
Greetings from Station Panama City, Fla.
Magazine article from: Coast Guard Magazine; 1/1/2005; ; 561 words ; Coast Guard Station Panama City is located adjacent to the Naval...Activity in the resort community of Panama City Beach, Fla. It was originally established...dedicated in November 1990. Station Panama City is the host command for five other... Read more
The President's news conference with President Martin Torrijos Espino of Panama in Panama City, Panama.(Week Ending Friday, November 11, 2005)
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 11/14/2005; 700+ words ; ...management of the canal. Those who are responsible for the Panama Canal have done an excellent job, and this is beneficial...in the midst of negotiating a free trade agreement with Panama. And I told the President this free trade agreement is important for America, as he told me it's important for ... Read more
Panama City, bay cleanup.(PANAMA)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 1/1/2007; 101 words ; Panama has received a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for Cleanup of the City and Bay of Panama (Loan 1719/OC-PN). Part of the funds will be used...Ancon. Edif 255--Planta Baja. Oficina 114. Ciudad Panama, Panama. Tel: (507) 512-9373. Fax: (507) 512-9520. E-mail... Read more
Bay, City Cleanup.(PANAMA)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 10/1/2006; 121 words ; Panama has received a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for Cleanup of the City and Bay of Panama (No. 1719/OC-PN). Part of the funds will be used...Edif. 255, Planta Baja, Oficina 114. Ciudad de Panama, Republica de Panama. Tel: (507) 212-9373. Fax: (507) 212-9520. E-mail... Read more
Panama City center design.(PANAMA)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 12/1/2008; 105 words ; PANAMA CITY CENTER DESIGN. Destination design firm WATG said Oct. 20 it has unveiled the design for Panama City Center in Panama City, Panama. The mixed-use project consists of two towers that emerge... Read more
Cleanup of Panama City, Bay.(PANAMA)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 11/1/2006; 136 words ; CLEANUP OF PANAMA CITY, BAY. Panama has received a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for Cleanup of the City and Bay of Panama (No 1719/OC-PN). Part of the funds will pay for Construction... Read more
Spirit flights to Panama City.(PANAMA)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 12/1/2007; 59 words ; ...Airlines on Nov. 1 announced weekly non-stop service between its Ft Lauderdale, Fla base and Panama City, Panama, beginning Jan. 31, 2008. Panama City is Spirit's 5th destination in Central America and its 40th destination overall. Details: Misty... Read more
WATER TRANSMISSION LINE.(Panama to build a new water supply line for the Panama City area)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 1/1/2003; 150 words ; ...project is designed to provide Panama City with a back up water transmission...several communities around eastern Panama City, will constitute the backbone of...Sergio Gonzalez Ruiz Auditorium in Panama City. Deadline to prequalify: Feb. 5... Read more