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Panama City, through time.

Discover Panama City’s history, age reference and living heritage.

A city has many beginnings. Ages below count calendar years to 2026 from the stated milestone, not exact birthdays or the first human presence. Illustrations are AI-created artistic interpretations, not historical evidence.

Present-day heritage gathering at Panamá Viejo with its surviving stone bell tower, families enjoying local music, tropical landscape.
Present-day heritage gathering at Panamá Viejo with its surviving stone bell tower, families enjoying local music, tropical landscape. · AI illustration

Spanish colonial foundation

Panama City

507 yearsfrom 1519 CE to 2026

Panama City was founded by Spanish colonisers in 1519 on a coast with an earlier Indigenous history. The ruins of Panamá Viejo preserve the first colonial city's footprint, a different site from the later historic centre.

Remember, celebrate, explore

The city's foundation anniversary falls on 15 August. Explore Panamá Viejo to see the older city layer.

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