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Panama City (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,440,381, and is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for international banking and commerce. It is considered a "beta-" world city, one of three Central American cities listed in this category.
The city of Panama has an average GDP per capita of $15,300. It has a dense skyline of mostly high-rise buildings, and it is surrounded by a large belt of tropical rainforest. Panama's Tocumen International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Central America, offers daily flights to major international destinations. Panama was chosen as the 2003 American Capital of Culture jointly with Curitiba, Brazil. It is among the top five places for retirement in the world, according to International Living magazine.
Coordinates: 9°N 80°W / 9°N 80°W / 9; -80
Panama (i/ˈpænəmɑː/ PAN-ə-mah; Spanish: Panamá [panaˈma]), officially called the Republic of Panama (Spanish: República de Panamá), is a country in Central America situated between North and South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's 3.9 million people.
Panama was inhabited by several indigenous tribes prior to settlement by the Spanish in the 16th century. Panama broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela named the Republic of Gran Colombia. When Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada remained joined, eventually becoming the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the Panama Canal to be built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. In 1977, an agreement was signed for the total transfer of the Canal from the United States to Panama by the end of the 20th century, which culminated on 31 December 1999.
Bring your cooler and your copper tone
Head down south like a rolling stone
Caffeine up and drive all night
You can make to the beach by the morning light
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia
God made redneck Riviera for you
Party all night and we sleep all day
And the crowd goes crazy while the cover band plays
And the boys getting wilder than a hurricane
All the girls are pretty, everybody's rocking down in Panama city
A string bikini and a muscle man
Burying each other in the fodder sand
Black Camaro, T tops down
Aerosmith turned way up loud
Cowboys, plow boys, southern belles
Yeah, they take a little time to raise some hell
Here we go
Party all night and we sleep all day
And the crowd goes crazy while the cover band plays
And the boys getting wilder than a hurricane
All the girls are pretty, everybody's rocking down in Panama city
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia
God made redneck Riviera for you
C'mon
We party all night and we sleep all day
And the crowd goes crazy while the cover band plays
And the boys getting louder than a hurricane
All the girls are pretty, everybody's rocking down in Panama city
Everybody's rocking down in Panama city
Panama city