El Chorrillo
Capital of Panama and the most populous city in the country, it is located on the Pacific coast, near the entrance of the Panama Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter with 18,300 residents
- Description: corregimiento in Panamá, Panama
- Also known as: “Chorrillo” and “Corregimiento El Chorrillo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancon Hill and Edificio La Pollera.
Ancon Hill
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ancón Hill is a 199 metres high hill that overlooks Panama City, Panama, adjacent to the township of Ancón. It was used for administration of the Panama Canal and was under U.S. jurisdiction as a part of the Panama Canal Zone until being returned to Panama in 1977.
Edificio La Pollera
Historic building
Photo: Javier Alonso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edificio La Pollera is a historic building.
Municipal Palace of Panama
Town hall
Photo: Mel Ortega, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Municipal Palace of Panama is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balboa and Casco Antiguo.
Balboa
Photo: Editorpana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. It was the capital of the Panama Canal Zone under American administration.
Casco Antiguo
Quarter
Photo: ADelBarrioB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capital of Panama and the most populous city in the country, it is located on the Pacific coast, near the entrance of the Panama Canal.
Panama City
Photo: 123Hollic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capital of Panama 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
8.94984° or 8° 56′ 59″ northLongitude
-79.54415° or 79° 32′ 39″ westPopulation
18,300Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
67W2WFX4+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 7785726568OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
3711125Wikidata ID
Q5821410
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“El Chorrillo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Corregimiento El Chorrillo”
- Chinese: “埃尔乔里略”
- Chinese: “埃爾喬里略”
- German: “Corregimiento El Chorrillo”
- Italian: “El Chorrillo”
- Spanish: “El Chorrillo”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Чорільйо”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “El Chorrillo”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.