Miraflores Visitors Center
Miraflores Visitors Center is a museum in Corregimiento Arraiján, Arraiján District, Panamá Oeste Province. Miraflores Visitors Center is situated nearby to the government office Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, as well as near Centro Nacional de Metrología de Panamá AIP.Photo: Youngiovani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: visitors center in Panama
- Also known as: “Centro de Visitantes de Miraflores” and “Miraflores Locks Visitors Center”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miraflores Locks and Balboa Academy.
Miraflores Locks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel Locks upstream.
Balboa Academy
School building
Balboa Academy is an international, coeducational, college-preparatory school that offers a US curriculum education for Pre-kindergarten through the 12th grade. Balboa Academy is situated 1 km east of Miraflores Visitors Center.
Panama City Panama Temple
Church
Photo: Flickr profile, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Panama City Panama Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cárdenas, a suburb of Panama City, Panama. The intent to build the temple was announced by the First Presidency on August 23, 2002, in a letter to local church leaders. Panama City Panama Temple is situated 2½ km east of Miraflores Visitors Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City of Knowledge and Paraíso.
City of Knowledge
Village
Photo: Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Panama's Ciudad del Saber is a government-sponsored cluster of academic organizations, technology companies and non-governmental organizations, managed by the foundation of the same name.
Paraíso
Hamlet
Paraíso is a town in the Republic of Panama, located just north of the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks. It was a vibrant township of the old Canal Zone, though it was segregated for most of its history. Paraíso is situated 5 km northwest of Miraflores Visitors Center.
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. Today, the Panama Canal Authority has its main headquarters on Balboa Heights.
Miraflores Visitors Center
- Categories: visitor center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Corregimiento Arraiján, Arraiján District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude
8.99724° or 8° 59′ 50″ northLongitude
-79.59093° or 79° 35′ 27″ westOpen location code
67W2XCW5+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1538872772OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q100144719
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In Other Languages
“Miraflores Visitors Center” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Centro de Visitantes Esclusas de Miraflores”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación and Centro Nacional de Metrología de Panamá AIP.
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