La Mitra is a town in the Panamá province of Panama.
Population: 4,778
Latitude: 8° 50' 31.99" N
Longitude: -79° 47' 12.01" W
The Panama Canal expansion project (also called the Third Set of Locks Project) is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2016 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit.
The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
Panama's Centennial Bridge (Spanish: Puente Centenario) is a major bridge crossing the Panama Canal. It was built to supplement the overcrowded Bridge of the Americas and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway. Upon its opening in …
The Panama Canal Authority (Spanish: Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP)) is the agency of the government of Panama responsible for the operation and management of the Panama Canal.
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. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) 54 feet (16…
Martyrs' Day is a Panamanian holiday which commemorates the January 9, 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn during conflict between Panamanian students and Canal Zone Police officers…
Ancon Hill is a 654-foot hill that overlooks Panama City, Panama, adjacent to the township of Ancón. It was under US jurisdiction as part of the Panama Canal Zone for much of the 20th century and therefore was never developed like most of the surrou…
Fort Amador (Spanish: Fuerte Amador) and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Gran…
Taboga Island (Spanish: Isla Taboga), also known as the "Island of Flowers", is a volcanic island in the Gulf of Panama. It is a tourist destination, about 20 km from Panama City, Panama.
La Chorrera is a city and municipality in central Panama, located about 30 km south-west of Panama City.
Fort Kobbe was an Army fort created in 1932 that was adjacent to Howard Air Force Base in Panama.
Isla Taborcillo (a.k.a. John Wayne Island) is a small private island off the coast of Panama which was once owned by American film actor John Wayne.
Balboa High School was a public high school in the former Canal Zone on the isthmus of Panama.
Figali Convention Center is an indoor sports arena, in Fort Amador, Panama City, Panama.
Vacamonte is a town in Panamá Province, Panama.
La Chorrera Army Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II air base on Panama.
Estadio Agustín Muquita Sánchez is a football stadium in Panamá Province, Panama which hosts Liga Panameña de Fútbol team San Francisco, LNA side Independiente and other teams and local competitions from the La Chorrera district.