Panama City (English spelling)

Japanese: パナマ[市](英語表記)Panamá
Panama City (English spelling)
The capital of Panama, Central America. Facing the Bay of Panama, it is the cultural, economic, political and other center of Panama. Population: 445,902 (1994). It is connected to the Americas by the Pan-American Highway and to Colon by the Panama Railway. Panama City was founded in 1519 by Pedro Arias de Avila and became an important base for the Spanish conquest and colonial rule of Central and South America. Silver shipped from Peru was transported overland from here across the isthmus to ports on the Caribbean side.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
中央アメリカ,パナマの首都。パナマ湾に面し,文化,経済,政治,その他あらゆる面でパナマの中心である。人口44万5902(1994)。パン・アメリカン・ハイウェーで南北アメリカに,パナマ鉄道でコロン市に連絡している。パナマ市はペドロ・アリアス・デ・アビラによって1519年に建設され,スペインの中南米征服と植民地支配の重要な拠点となった。ペルーから船で運ばれた銀は,ここから陸路で地峡を横断してカリブ海側の港へ運ばれた。

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