Amelia Denis de Icaza

About Amelia Denis de Icaza:

Amelia Denis de Icaza covers 3.8 km² on the western side of San Miguelito, where the district meets Betania in the Panamá district, and it had 38,397 residents in 2010. The corregimiento faces two different roads. On the east, Pan de Azúcar station sits on the Transístmica opposite the barriada of the same name, and Los Andes station, one stop north, has an entrance at the main door of Centro Comercial Los Andes; both opened in April 2014, and Los Andes now ranks among the busiest stations on the whole network. San Miguelito station, where Line 1 meets Line 2, is the next stop south of Pan de Azúcar. On the west, Avenida Condado del Rey runs in from Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, still called Tumba Muerto by most people, with the Corredor Norte along the edge of the urbanization.

The corregimiento was one of the five San Miguelito had before 2000, when the district was redrawn into nine. Its name honours Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911), the first Panamanian woman to publish her poetry, remembered for “Al Cerro Ancón”, written in 1906 when the hill lay inside the Canal Zone. Pan de Azúcar’s own story is more practical. The land was meant for the University of Panama and then passed to the Instituto de Fomento Económico, whose grain silos opened in 1940 and are run today by the IMA; settlers moved onto lots where streets and sewers had already been poured, and the barrio took its name from the early bakeries that made pan de azúcar, a sweet bread. Running water arrived around 1970, and in April 2025 the IMA opened its first Tienda del Pueblo, a low-price food store, at the silos.

East of the silos, the sectors grew house by house rather than by developer: Pan de Azúcar, Los Andes No. 1, Barriada Fátima, Altos del Cristo, Nueve de Enero, San José and Nuevo Veranillo. Line 1 runs right in front of Los Andes No. 1, and the Centro de Salud Amelia Denis de Icaza serves the area from Pan de Azúcar. In Nueve de Enero and San José much of the ground was municipal land, and the municipality has been adjudicating those lots to the families who live on them. The west is built differently: Condado del Rey went up from the late 1980s, developed by Casas Bellas of Grupo Los Pueblos, with two medieval-style towers at its entrance and castle logos on the house numbers, and the bridge splits it, with the part before it in Betania and the part after it in San Miguelito. Altos de Santa María, a condominium of houses reached past ISAE Universidad on Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, also falls on this side.

Condado del Rey draws students and staff from the universities nearby, among them USMA, the Universidad Tecnológica, Universidad Latina and ULACIT, along with families who work along Tumba Muerto and want the Corredor Norte at their door. Avenida Condado del Rey has supermarkets, pharmacies, urgent-care clinics, restaurants and small shopping centres, and the Altaplaza mall is close. The price of that convenience is traffic. As towers multiplied along the avenue, the rush-hour queue at the exits became part of the day. In the eastern sectors, buyers want a house they can afford within walking distance of the metro, and renters want the same thing a few blocks from Los Andes or Pan de Azúcar station.

Houses in Amelia Denis de Icaza:

The oldest planned homes on the western side are the first-stage houses of Condado del Rey, two-storey units from the late 1980s with the bedrooms upstairs, many of them extended or remodelled since. Altos de Santa María offers houses inside a condominium with its own access off Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, away from the bustle of the tower avenue. In Pan de Azúcar, Los Andes No. 1 and Nueve de Enero the stock is older single-family homes on small lots, often built in stages, and they sell well below houses in Condado del Rey. If the house grew over the years, check that every added room and floor appears on the registered plans before you agree a price.

Apartments in Amelia Denis de Icaza:

Most apartments here are in towers along Avenida Condado del Rey and the streets off it, and PH Kings Park, Mi Condado, Rokas and McGregor Heights are among the names you will see. Units run from two-bedroom flats of about 75 m² to four-bedroom apartments and penthouses close to 190 m², and pools, gyms, children’s play areas and round-the-clock security are standard in the gated complexes. Kings Park was built in phases, with Torre 200 finished in 2013 and Torre 500 offered later, ready to move in, so one complex can mix decade-old and nearly new units. Every one of these buildings is a propiedad horizontal: you buy the unit plus a share of the common areas, you pay a monthly cuota de mantenimiento, and the PH reglamento sets the rules on rentals and pets. Ask whether the parking space and depósito are titled separately or simply assigned, because that changes what you are really paying for. Larger units in the newer phases sit at the top of the range, while older, smaller flats are the entry point to apartments for sale in Amelia Denis de Icaza.

Rentals in Amelia Denis de Icaza:

Condado del Rey holds most of the long-term rentals, many of them furnished two- and three-bedroom apartments in complexes with pools. They suit university students and staff, professionals working on Tumba Muerto, and families who rely on the Corredor Norte for school and work runs. On the eastern side, whole houses and small apartments in Pan de Azúcar and Los Andes come up for rent, priced for people who commute on Line 1. Before signing in a tower, read the PH reglamento for its rules on pets, and get it in writing which utilities the rent covers.

FAQ:

• Is a “Condado del Rey” listing in San Miguelito or in the Panamá district?

  It depends on which side of the bridge it sits. The part of the urbanization before the bridge belongs to Betania, in the Panamá district, and the part after it to Amelia Denis de Icaza, in San Miguelito. The name has also spread to towers along Avenida Condado del Rey that lie outside the original urbanization. Check the corregimiento on the finca record, since it decides which municipality handles building permits and which junta comunal looks after the street.

• Which metro stations serve Amelia Denis de Icaza?

  Two Line 1 stations on the Transístmica: Pan de Azúcar, opposite the barriada, and Los Andes, with an entrance at Centro Comercial Los Andes. Line 2 is one stop south at San Miguelito. From Condado del Rey the metro is a drive or bus ride away, and daily life there runs on Tumba Muerto and the Corredor Norte.

• What should I check before buying a house in Nueve de Enero, San José or Pan de Azúcar?

  Much of the eastern side was settled before the plots were formally titled, and in Nueve de Enero and San José the land belonged to the municipality, which adjudicates lots to the occupants. Make sure the seller holds a finca registered in their own name at the Registro Público, not only a municipal adjudication resolution, and that the boundaries on the plan match the house in front of you. For homes built in stages, confirm the extensions appear on approved plans.

• How bad is the traffic in Condado del Rey, and what does the PH fee pay for?

  At rush hour the exits toward Tumba Muerto and the Corredor Norte back up, so drive the route at 7 a.m. before you commit. The cuota de mantenimiento pays for security, cleaning of common areas and upkeep of the pool and gym. Ask for the PH’s latest annual budget and whether any special assessment has been approved or is under discussion.

• Can a foreigner buy property here?

  Yes. Foreign buyers own titled property here on the same terms as Panamanians, and the sale is recorded at the Registro Público in the usual way. Have a lawyer confirm the finca is free of liens and that property tax and PH fees are paid up before you sign.