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Panama City

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Panama City, Panama, USA 1. Panama: founded as Panamá near a village of that name in 1519. It was destroyed in 1671 but rebuilt three years later on a site a few miles west of the old town. Traditionally, the name is said to mean ‘(Place with) an Abundance of Fish’. However, some believe it comes from a Cuna phrase panna mai ‘far away’; the story goes that Spanish soldiers asked a Cuna where they might be able to find gold and received the reply panna mai in the hope that they too would go far away. It has been the capital of Panama since 1903. It is sometimes called simply Panama.2. USA (Florida): an English settlement dating from about 1765 and called Old Town; it was later renamed St Andrew. This fishing village merged in 1909 with another village called Panama City, named after the city in the Canal Zone in Panama, and took its name.

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Panama City

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

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. It developed rapidly after the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914. Industries: brewing, shoes, textile, oil-refining, plastics. Pop. (2000) 463,093.

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Panama City

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Panama City city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. Tyndall Air Force Base and the U.S. Navy Coastal Systems Station are nearby.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	PANAMA Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 6/1/1993
	Panama's canal: the US departure and Panama's new era. Magazine article from: Harvard International Review; 6/22/1998
	PANAMA: Construction start-up on planned $200,000,000 port expansion project... Newspaper article from: WWP-Business Opportunities in Latin America & the Caribbean; 6/1/2002