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38 unusual facts about Panama City


1670s in piracy

December - In spite of a direct order from Thomas Modyford not to engage in hostilities against the Spanish, Captain Henry Morgan begins organizing a group of English and French buccaneers to raid the Spanish stronghold of Panama City.

Amílcar Henríquez

Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido.

Aragonese Wikipedia

After its foundation on 21 July 2004, the Aragonese Wikipedia reached 1,000 articles on 30 December 2005 after the creation of an article about Panama City and its community produced a special logo to commemorate the event.

Boise Airport

The right engine failed shortly after take-off from Albrook Field, near Panama City.

Cinta Costera

The Cinta Costera (meaning Coastal Beltway) is a 26-hectare (64-acre) land reclamation project in Panama City, Panama, completed in 2009 at a cost of $189 million.

Contadora Island

A popular tourist destination, Contadora has a small regional/domestic airport (IATA code: OTD), and has regular flights to and from Panama City and the rest of the islands in the archipelago.

Dell International Services

Dell International Services is the support and services division of Dell Inc., the large American computer hardware company, with operations in India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh), Europe (Bratislava, Bucharest, Dalian), Latin America (Panama City, Brazil, San Salvador), Africa (Morocco), Canada (Edmonton) and the Philippines, (Quezon City).

Donald L. McFaul

He was killed during the capture of Paitilla Airfield, Panama City, Panama in the early morning hours of December 20, 1989.

Felipe Baloy

Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez (born 24 February 1981, in Panama City) is a football defender who currently plays for Monarcas Morelia of Mexico and is the current captain of the Panama national football team.

Gabriel Enrique Gómez

Gabriel Enrique Gómez Girón (born 29 May 1984 in Panama City) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Junior de Barranquilla in Colombia, as a defensive midfielder.

Gulf Coast Riptide

The Power found itself in the new Gulf Coast Division with teams from Biloxi, Panama City and New Orleans.

Humberto Ivaldi

Humberto Ivaldi (December 24, 1909 - March 10, 1947) was director of the National School of Painting in Panama City.

J. A. Folger

After a raft and hiking journey across the Isthmus, the brothers waited at Panama City for quite a while before catching the Pacific mail steamer Isthmus on April 10, 1850.

Louisa Chase

Louisa L. Chase (born 1951 Panama City, Panama) is an American neo-expressionist painter, and printmaker.

Max McLean

Born in Panama City, Panama on April 14, 1953, McLean immigrated to the United States when he was four, via New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty.

Mecanum wheel

The US Navy bought the patent from Ilon and put researchers to work on it in the 1980s in Panama City.

Multidata Systems International

A software product of the company was involved in an accidental overexposure of patients in Panama in 2001 when the treatment planning software RTP/2 (vers. 2.11, 1991) reportedly contributed to 28 patients receiving excessive amounts of radiation at the Instituto Oncologico Nacional in Panama City.

Nicolás Muñoz

Nicolás Armando Muñoz Jarvis (born 21 December 1981 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapan in the First Division of El Salvador.

Ocean Two

For 2010 it was the second tallest building in Costa del Este after The Point, and is currently ranked ninth.

Odostomia zeteki

The type specimen was found in the Pacific Ocean off Panama City, Panama

Pacific Pearl Company

After arriving at Aspinwall, the vessel was transported via railroad to the city of Panama.

Paul A. Trivelli

He has been posted to Mexico City, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Quito, Panama City, El Salvador, Monterrey, and Managua.

Pearl Tower

Pearl Tower or Pearl at the Sea is a 70-floor 242 meter (794 foot) skyscraper in Panama City, Panamá.

Roberto Arias

Two months later he was shot in an argument with a friend and former political associate, Alberto Jiménez, on a street corner in a suburb of Panama City.

Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón

Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón (March 2, 1905 in Panama City – March 1, 1981) was the President of Panama in 1949 and from 1960 to 1964.

Sonny White

Ellerton Oswald White (November 11, 1917, Panama City, Panama - April 28, 1971, New York City), better known as Sonny White, was a jazz pianist.

Southeast Air Defense Sector

The Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS), was a unit of the US Air Force located at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida.

SS Beljeanne

In March 1964, Beljeanne was sold to Bacong Shipping Co SA, Panama City, Panama and renamed Southern Cross.

Syrian American Council

As of April 10, 2013, SAC has 21 chapters across the U.S. in Chicago, Orlando, Los Angeles, Northern California, Washington, D.C./Virginia, Dearborn, New Jersey, Georgia, Indianapolis, Panama City, West Virginia, North Carolina, San Diego, Tampa, South Florida, Flint, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Raleigh, and Detroit.

Taboga Island

The island has become a popular touristic attraction, due to its beautiful natural areas and to its proximity to Panama City.

It is a tourist destination, about 20 km from Panama City, Panama.

Thomas Dolliver Church

He designed the grounds of the American Embassy in Havana, Cuba, the General Motors Research Center in Detroit, the Des Moines Art Center, the Hotel El Panama in Panama City, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and Parkmerced in San Francisco.

Torre Mayor

Since then, multiple new buildings in Panama City have exceeded it in height and the Gran Torre Santiago in Santiago (Chile) (which is technically the tallest building in Latin America) has topped out at 300 meters (984 feet).

Torre Reforma

It will also become the tallest building in Latin America, surpassing the previous holder of the title, the Ocean Two in Panama City at 236m.

Tower Financial Center

The Tower Financial Center (also known as TowerBank) is an 57-story office skyscraper of 255 meters located on Calle 50, Panama City.

Tsunami warning system

A Caribbean-wide tsunami warning system was planned to be instituted by the year 2010, by representatives of Caribbean nations who met in Panama City in March 2008.

USS LST-31

The new tank landing ship got underway on 29 July for Panama City, Florida where she conducted a series of beaching exercises.

Yegor Lavroff

Currently Lavrov lives in the Dominican Republic, while also operates businesses in Miami, Florida, United States; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Caracas, Venezuela; Madrid, Spain; Panama City, Panama; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Pétionville, Haiti; and Lima, Peru.


Acla

Due to the unhealthy nature of the climate and terrain surrounding the town, and especially after the founding of Panama City and Nombre de Dios a few months later, it was slowly abandoned until it was left totally deserted in 1532.

Chagres River

Goods were transported on foot from Panama City to the coastal town of Cruces, and from there by sailboats on the river all the way to its mouth.

David Leeson

While photographing protesters during the buildup to the ousting of Manuel Noriega in 1988, Leeson was wounded when a shotgun pellet entered his cheek, chipping his tooth and sending him to a Panama City emergency room.

Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro II (1520–1542), known as El Mozo (The Lad), son of Diego de Almagro I, whose mother was an Indian girl of Panama, became the foil of the conspirators who had put Pizarro to the sword.

Espírito Santo Financial Group

In addition to the Banco Espirito Santo in Portugal, Azores and Madeira, BES has branches in Luanda, as well as branches or offices in São Paulo, Praia, Madrid, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Warsaw, Lausanne, Macau, Panama City, Dubai, Miami, New York, Caracas and the Cayman Islands.

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport

Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla or Panama City) to be able to reach the islands.

Irving Berry

Irving Berry (born 11 January 1986 in Panama City, Panama) is a featherweight boxer from Panama and is the second ranked featherweight for the WBA championship.

José Luis Rodríguez Vélez

José Luis Rodríguez Vélez (Santiago de Veraguas, 12 March 1915 - Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, 21 December 1984) was a Panamanian composer, musical director, saxophonist, clarinetist and guitarist.

Juan Demóstenes Arosemena

Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Barreati (24 June 1879 in Panama City – 16 December 1939 in Penonomé, Coclé Province) was President of Panama from October 1, 1936 to December 16, 1939.

KHMA

At the same time, station owner Denver T. Brannen launched WDTB (now WMBB) in Panana City, FL, which served as that region's NBC affiliate and is now the ABC affiliate.

Panama City–Bay County International Airport

The airport continued to be served by commercial airlines throughout the regulated period of airline history, until the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.

Pedro Miguel Fault

The Pedro Miguel Fault is a seismic fault that runs beneath the Panama Canal and near Panama City, home to approximately 1.2 million of Panama's approximately 3.3 million inhabitants.

Surface effect ship

Driven by 2 semi-submerged, supercavitating controllable, reversible propellers, achieved speeds in excess of 96 knots (approximately 110 mph) in the Gulf outside of St. Andrews Bay in Panama City, Florida.

Tomás Arias

Tomás Arias (December 29, 1856 in Panama City, Panama – July 20, 1932 in Panama City, Panama) was a Panamanian politician and businessman who was, together with José Agustín Arango and Federico Boyd, a member of the provisional junta that governed Panama after its independence in 1903.

TVMax

TVMax is a commercial privately owned TV station in Panama City, Panama that is available all over the country, except the province of Colón.

Vensecar Internacional

Vensecar Internacional operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Aruba, Barbados, Bogotá, Curaçao, Miami, Panama City, Port of Spain, and Santo Domingo.

Wellstream

The Company is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, with major manufacturing facilities also located in Panama City, Florida, USA and Niterói, Brazil.