Gamboa

Gamboa is a town located in the Colón province of Panama, known for its proximity to the Panama Canal and its surrounding tropical rainforest. It was originally built to house canal workers and is now a tourist destination focused on ecotourism and nature-based activities.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: town in Panama
  • Also known as: Gamboa, Panama

Gamboa

Latitude
9.1181° or 9° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
-79.7003° or 79° 42′ 1″ west
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PA GBA
Open location code
67X2479X+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 969635181
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3709373
Wiki­data ID
Q5519723
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Gamboa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 甘博阿
  • Dutch: Gamboa
  • French: Gamboa
  • German: Gamboa
  • Hebrew: גמבואה
  • Irish: Gamboa
  • Italian: Gamboa
  • Japanese: ガンボア
  • Russian: Гамбоа
  • Spanish: Gamboa
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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 “Gamboa”. Photo: Cz ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.