National Archives

The National Archives of Panama is the institution in charge of safeguarding national documents. It was created by Law No. 43 of December 14, 1912, under the administration of President Belisario Porras, being Panama the first republic in America to have a building dedicated to its national archive.
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: seat of the National Archives of Panama
  • Also known as: “Archivos Nacionales”, “Building of the National Archive of Panama”, “Building of the National Archives of Panama”, “Edificio del Archivo Nacional de Panamá”, and “National Archives of Panama”
  • Address: Avenida Perú, Ciudad de Panamá

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Spain and Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena.

Government building
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is a government building, which is situated 140 metres northeast of National Archives.

Stadium
is a 7,000 seats baseball field in , . It hosts mainly baseball games and is the home stadium of Panamá Metro of the Panamanian Professional Baseball League. is situated 470 metres west of National Archives.

Metro station
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Lotería is a Panama Metro station on Line 1. The station was not in the original metro plans and was the twelfth station to be opened. The official opening was carried out by President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela on 27 August 2014, four months after the network had opened. is situated 290 metres east of National Archives.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panama City and Casco Antiguo.

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Capital of and the most populous city in the country, it is located on the Pacific coast, near the entrance of the Panama Canal.

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Capital of and the most populous city in the country, it is located on the Pacific coast, near the entrance of the Panama Canal.

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is a district of , located at the Pacific entrance to the . It was the capital of the Panama Canal Zone under American administration. The Panama Canal Authority has its main headquarters on Heights.

National Archives

Latitude
8.9688° or 8° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
-79.53792° or 79° 32′ 17″ west
Open location code
67W2XF96+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 384909789
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q6970453
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