Online Encyclopedia

present republic, and including the province of Panama and other provinces, was created in 1855 by legislative enactment.is built on a rocky See also:

peninsula jutting out to the See also:

east, near the mouth of the Rio Grande and at the See also:

FOOT

foot of Mt See also:

Ancon (56o ft.). The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and is enclosed at the south by several rugged islands, the largest being Perico and Flamenco (belonging to the See also:

UNITED

United States) and Taboga (935 ft.), which is a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of country See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence for wealthy citizens. The See also:

main streets run See also:

north and south and are cut by the Avenida Central; nearly all the streets are narrow and crooked. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal squares are See also:

CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, See also:

SANTA

Santa See also:

Ana, See also:

Bolivar and See also:

LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE (1805-1894)

Lesseps. The city proper is almost entirely enclosed by the remains of a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

wall (built in 1673, when the new city was established), on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of which on the See also:

side facing the See also:

sea is See also:

Las Bovedas See also:

PROMENADE

promenade. The public buildings include the cathedral (176o), the See also:

government See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, the municipal palace, the episcopal palace, the See also:

church of Santa Ana, a See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, a school of arts and trades, a foreign See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, the former See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration See also:

BUILDING

building of the Canal See also:

COMPANY

Company, Santo Tomas Hospital, the pesthouse of Punta See also:

MALA

Mala and various asylums. The houses are mostly of See also:

stone, with red See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile See also:

ROOFS

roofs, two or three storeys high, built in the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

style around central patios, or courts, and with balconies projecting far over the narrow streets; in such houses the lowest See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor is often rented to a poorer See also:

FAMILY

family. There are dwellings above most of the shops.

The streets are lighted with See also:

ELECTRICITY

electricity; and there are electric See also:

street See also:

RAILWAYS

railways and telephones in the city. The See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply and drainage systems were introduced by the United States government, which controls the sanitation of the city, but has no other See also:

jurisdiction over it. Two See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles inland is Ancon, in the Canal See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

Zone, in which are the hospitals of the Isthmian Canal See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission and the largest hotel on the See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus. The city of Panama was formerly a stronghold of yellow See also:

FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever and See also:

MALARIA

malaria, which See also:

AMERICAN

American sanitary See also:

MEASURES

measures have practically eradicated. Panama has had an important See also:

trade: its imports, about twice as valuable as its exports, include See also:

cotton goods, haberdashery, See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

SILK

silk goods and See also:

rice; the most valuable exports are See also:

gold, See also:

india-See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, See also:

MOTHER

mother of See also:

pearl and cocobolo See also:

wood. As See also:

BALBOA, VASCO NU1EZ DE (c. 1475-1517)

Balboa (3 m. See also:

west of the city, connected with it by railway, and formerly called La Boca), the port of Panama and the actual terminus of the canal, is in the Canal Zone and is a port under the jurisdiction of the United States, the commercial future of Panama is dependent upon American tariffs and the degree to which Panama and Balboa may be identified. At Balboa there are three wharves, one 985 ft. See also:

long and another 1000 ft. long, but their capacity is so insufficient that lighterage is still necessary. In the city there is one small See also:

DOCK

dock which can be used only at full See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide. Small vessels may coal at Naos, an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Gulf of Panama, which is owned by the United States. See also:

SOAP

Soap and See also:

CHOCOLATE

chocolate are manufactured. Founded in 1519 by Pedro Arias de See also:

Avila, Panama is the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

TOWN

town on the mainland of See also:

AMERICA

America. In the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the city was the strongest Spanish fortress in the New See also:

WORLD

World, excepting See also:

CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena, and gold and See also:

SILVER

silver were brought hither by See also:

SHIP

ship from See also:

Peru and were carried across the Isthmus to See also:

CHAGRES

Chagres, but as See also:

Spain's fleets even in the Pacific were more and more often attacked in the 17th century, Panama became less imnortant, though it was still the chief Spanish port on the Pacific.

In 1671 the city was destroyed by See also:

Henry See also:

Morgan, the buccaneer; it was rebuilt in 1673 by Alfonzo Mercado de Villacorta about five miles west of the old site and nearer the roadstead. The city has often been visited by See also:

earth-quakes. In the city in See also:

JUNE

June 1826 the Panama See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress met (See See also:

PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCES).

End of Article: PANAMA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
PANAETIUS (c. 185-18o to I10-108 B.C.)

[next]
PANAMA CANAL