El Chorrillo

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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridge of the Americas and Ancon Hill.

Bridge
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a road bridge in which spans the Pacific entrance to the . Designed by American civil engineering company Sverdrup & Parcel, it was completed in 1962 at a cost of US$20 million.

Peak
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Ancón Hill is a 199 metres high hill that overlooks , , adjacent to the township of . It was used for administration of the and was under U.S. jurisdiction as a part of the Panama Canal Zone until being returned to Panama in 1977.

Museum
Photo: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum focused on the natural history of Panama, whose isthmus was formed very recently in geologic time, with major impact on the ecology of the Western Hemisphere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panama City and Balboa.

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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.

Quarter
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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.

El Chorrillo

Latitude
8.9496° or 8° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-79.5439° or 79° 32′ 38″ west
Population
18,300
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
67W2WFX4+RC
Geo­Names ID
3699897
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