Panamá Province
Panamá District
Corregimiento Ancón

Ancon Hill

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.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 174 metres
  • Description: mountain in Panama
  • Also known as: “Ancon”, “Ancón Hill”, and “Mount Ancon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Panama Museum of Contemporary Art and Instituto Oncológico Nacional.

Museum
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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama, popularly called MAC Panamá, is the only museum of contemporary art that exists in Panama. It is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that has legal status and its building is located in .

Building
The National Oncologic Institute or ION is a specialized hospital for cancer treatment, located in , . Between August 2000 and March 2001, patients receiving radiation treatment for prostate cancer and cancer of the cervix received lethal doses of radiation, resulting in eight fatalities.

Park
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The simply known as the Afro-Antillean Museum or MAAP, is an ethnographic museum located in Panama City. The museum was founded on December 23, 1980, by Reina Torres de Araúz in the building of the Former Christian Mission Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balboa and Casco Antiguo.

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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.

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.

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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.

Ancon Hill

Latitude
8.95765° or 8° 57′ 28″ north
Longitude
-79.5492° or 79° 32′ 57″ west
Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)
Open location code
67W2XF52+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 873585997
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mast
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3714733
Wiki­data ID
Q3493016
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Ancon Hill” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Անկոն բլուր”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাংকন পাহাড়”
  • Catalan: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Cebuano: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Czech: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Dutch: “Ancon Hill”
  • Esperanto: “Monteto Ancón”
  • Hungarian: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Ladin: “Ancon Hill”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Norwegian: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cerro Ancón”
  • Persian: “آنکون هیل”
  • Polish: “Ancon Hill”
  • Portuguese: “Cerro Ancón”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Ancon”
  • Spanish: “Cerro Ancón”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ancón and Santa Ana.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mirador Cerro Ancón and Bosques Urbanos del Cerro Ancón.

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