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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cz ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Panama
- Also known as: “Gamboa, Panama”
Gamboa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Corregimiento Cristóbal, Colón District, Colon, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.1181° or 9° 7′ 5″ northLongitude
-79.7003° or 79° 42′ 1″ westElevation
34 metres (112 feet)United Nations Location Code
PA GBAOpen location code
67X2479X+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 969635181OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3709373Wikidata ID
Q5519723
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