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Panama City Luxury yachts docked in a marina with tall modern skyscrapers of Panama City, Panama rising in the background. Map of Central America and the surrounding region, highlighting the location of Panama City, the national capital of Panama, near the southern end of the country. Neighboring countries Costa Rica and Colombia are labeled, and major bodies of water including the Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico are shown. An inset globe at the bottom left indicates the region's position in the Americas. Tall modern skyscrapers and high-rise buildings line the waterfront in the Panama City skyline, with water and smaller buildings in the foreground. The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria in Casco Viejo, Panama City, with two white towers flanking an ornate stone facade, viewed from a plaza with trees and taxis.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of Panama, Panama. Aug 07, 2026
Add new Web site: UNESCO - World Heritage Convention - Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panam� City. Dec 05, 2024
Links added. Aug 11, 2023
Map added. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Panama City, Panama. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Panama, Panama. Sep 27, 2022
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Panama, Panama. Sep 27, 2022
Added photograph. Jul 07, 2015
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Mar 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Panama City, Panama. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Panama City, Panama. Jan 23, 2013
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Panama City, Panama. Jan 23, 2013
Media added. May 06, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Panama. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Mediterranean Sea. Mar 17, 2008
Added new Web site: Centralamerica.Com - map of Panama City. Mar 17, 2008
Added new Web site: San Jose State University - History of Panama. Mar 11, 2008
Added new Web site: The Panama Railroad - History of Panama. Mar 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Moon - Panama. Mar 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Nation By Nation - Panama. Mar 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Panama Information Guide - History of Panama. Mar 10, 2008
Article revised and updated. Aug 23, 2007
Article revised. Jun 13, 2003
Article revised. Feb 01, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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