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Panama (Spanish: Panamá, IPA [re'puβlika ðe pana'ma]) is the southernmost country of Central America. A transcontinental country, its isthmus constitutes the southernmost part of a natural land bridge between the continents of North America and South America. It's world famous because of the Panama Canal. edit

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Components of the project

The Third Set of Locks project is a plan to expand the Panama Canal’s capacity, approved by the Panamanian people on a national referendum realized on October 22, 2006. This project was conceived after years of study by the Panama Canal Authority(ACP). It has an estimated cost of 5.25 billion USD and its composed of three integrated components:

the construction of two lock facilities – one on the Atlantic side and another on the Pacific side – each with three chambers, each which include three water reutilization basins;
the excavation of new access channels to the new locks and the widening of existing navigational channels; and,
the deepening of the navigation channels and the elevation of Gatun Lake’s maximum operating level.

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Administration Building of the Panama Canal Authority Archive - Nominate a new picture edit

Did you know...

That more than 12000 people died in the construction of the Panama Railroad?
That Richard Halliburton (on the picture) swam the Panama Canal in 1928 paying only 36 cents for the transit?
That the Balboa (Panamanian currency - ISO 4217 code PAB) has been tied to the U.S. dollar (which is legal tender in Panama) at an exchange rate of 1:1 since 1904?
That after a constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, Panama permanently abolished the military?
That the pearls in the Spanish Crown came from Panama?
Charles V of Spain proposed and researched to make a Canal through Panama?
That Panama has the fastest growing economy in Latin America in 2006 and 2007?
That Panama is the most globalized country in Latinamerica and has the highest number of investments by Americans and Europeans which account for at least 4.5 billions Dollars?
That in a period of three years, 25 casinos opened which resulted in Panama becoming the 2nd country with the most casinos in Latin America?

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Panama topics

Panama- Related Topics History Torrijos-Carter Treaties• Darién scheme• Bidlack Mallarino Treaty• Watermelon War• Panama Railway• Martyr's Day• Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty• Panama Canal Zone• US invasion of Panama• History of the Panama Canal• Panama Canal fence• Zonian• Coat of Arms• Flag of Panama Politics List of Heads of State of Panama• Martín Torrijos• National Assembly of Panama• Democratic Revolutionary Party• Arnulfista Party• Solidarity Party• Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement• Democratic Change• People's Party• National Liberal Party• Panamanian election, 1999• Panamanian election, 2004• Provinces of Panama• Foreign relations of Panama• Panama Canal Authority• Panama Canal expansion referendum, 2006 Geography Panama City• Isthmus of Panama• Provinces of Panama• Colón Province• San Blas Islands• Pearl Islands• Gulf of Panama• Coiba• Taboga Island• Volcán Barú• Gatun Lake• Chagres River• Kuna Yala• Ciudad del Saber• Herrera Province• Los Santos Province Panama Canal History• Health Measures• Panama Railway• Gaillard Cut• Gatun Dam• Chagres River• Gatun Lake• Panama Canal Locks• Panamax• Bridge of the Americas• Centennial Bridge, Panama• Panama Canal Authority• Panama Canal Zone• Panama Canal Expansion Proposal Culture Music of Panama• Molas• Chinatown• Islam in Panama• Kuna People• Embera-Wounaan People• Ngöbe Buglé People• Pollera Panamanians Alfredo Sinclair• Olga Sinclair• Justine Pasek• Stefanie de Roux• Ruben Blades• Danilo Perez• El General• Daphne Rubin-Vega• Jordana Brewster• Belisario Porras• Victoriano Lorenzo• Omar Torrijos• Arnulfo Arias• Harmodio Arias Madrid• Guillermo Endara• Mireya Moscoso• Manuel Antonio Noriega• Ernesto Pérez Balladares• Martín Torrijos• Julio Linares• Rod Carew• Juan Berenguer• Rolando Blackman• Roberto Durán• Irichelle Duran• Roberto Kelly• Juan Berenguer• Eusebio Pedroza• Carlos Lee• Einar Díaz• Laffit Pincay Jr.• Mariano Rivera• Ramiro Mendoza• Hilario Zapata• José Macías• Luis Tejada• Jorge Dely Valdes• Gilbert Arenas• Bruce Chen• Roberto Corbin• Lorenzo Charles• Olmedo Sáenz• Oscar Willis Layne• Bayano• Hugo Spadafora• Lía Borrero• Nele Kantule• Juan Carlos Navarro• Manuel Amador Guerrero• José Domingo de Obaldia• Celestino "Pelenchín" Caballero• Pedro Alcazar• Vicente Mosquera• Eusebio Pedroza• Roberto "La Araña" Vásquez• Hilario Zapata• Irving Saladino• Bayano Kamani• Lloyd LaBeach• Reginald Beckford• Jaime Penedo• Jorge Dely Valdés• Julio Dely Valdes• Luis Tejada• Irving Saladino Buildings and StructuresHospitals: Hospital Nacional• Hospital Santo Tomas• Instituto Oncologico Nacional• ...

Airports: Tocumen International Airport
Bridges: Bridge of the Americas • Centennial Bridge
Dams: Gatun Dam •...

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Roberto Durán (b. June 16, 1951) is a famous boxer from Panama, and is generally regarded as one of the greatest lightweight of all-time and one of the top 10 best pound for pound fighters ever. He held world titles at four different weights - lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983-84) and middleweight (1989). He was also the only boxer to have fought in five different decades. He finally retired in January 2002, with a professional record of 120 fights, 104 wins with 69 KOs. He was nicknamed Manos de Piedra (Hands of Stone).

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