Ancón
Ancón is a corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 29,761 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 11,518; its population as of 2000 was 11,169.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter with 20,700 residents
- Description: corregimiento in Panamá, Panama
- Also known as: “Ancón, Panama”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ancon Hill and Bridge of the Americas.
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.
Bridge of the Americas
Bridge
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bridge of the Americas is a road bridge in Panama which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Designed by American civil engineering company Sverdrup & Parcel, it was completed in 1962 at a cost of US$20 million.
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.
Ancón
- Categories: corregimiento of Panama and locality
- Location: Corregimiento Ancón, Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude
8.95443° or 8° 57′ 16″ northLongitude
-79.55518° or 79° 33′ 19″ westPopulation
20,700Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)United Nations Location Code
PA ACOOpen location code
67W2XC3V+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3120543852OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Ancón” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ancón”
- Cebuano: “Ancón”
- Chinese: “安贡”
- Dutch: “Ancón”
- French: “Ancón (Panama)”
- French: “Ancón”
- Hebrew: “אנקון”
- Italian: “Ancón”
- Japanese: “アンコン (パナマ)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ancón”
- Persian: “انکون، پاناما”
- Polish: “Ancón”
- Portuguese: “Ancón”
- Russian: “Анкон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ancón (Panama)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ancón”
- Spanish: “Ancon”
- Spanish: “Ancón”
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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 Wikipedia page “Ancón”. Photo: Allanes, CC BY 3.0.