DESTINATION
Gamboa
Panama · Colón Province
Gamboa is a small town in corregimiento of Cristobal in the Colon Province, Panama close to the Panama Canal and the Chagres River. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC-5 · 1 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Colón Province
- Main language
- Spanish
- On the map
- 9.12° N, 79.70° W
Near Gamboa
- Panama City · 24 km away
- Casco Viejo · 25 km away
- Colon · 35 km away
- Isla Mamey · 57 km away
- El Valle de Anton · 74 km away
- San Blas Islands · 112 km away
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