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El Giral Destination Guide

Touring El Giral in Panama

El Giral in the region of Colón with its 1,310 citizens is located in Panama - some 21 mi or ( 34 km ) North-West of Panama City , the country's capital city .

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Time in El Giral is now 08:32 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Limón, Quibdó, Montería, Sabanitas, and Quebrada Bonita. Being here already, consider visiting Limón . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for El Giral ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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4:11 min by WheresAndrewTV
Views: 21943 Rating: 5.00

Visiting Panama at the height of rainy season! There was so much life all around--I got to see tons of monkeys, frogs, crocdiles, leafcutter ants (my favorites) and even stumbled upon the much-feared ..

Butterfly dance of the Embera tribe

1:05 min by Robert697
Views: 4637 Rating: 4.00

Viewer discretion is advised. Contains partial nudity, National Geographic style. I blurred out what I could the only way I could figure out -- thus certain sections of video being blurred. This is th ..


Pacific-Atlantic Road Race

3:58 min by lifenomadic
Views: 2176 Rating: 5.00

We couldn't find a record for the shortest time between two oceans, so we raced from the Pacific to the Atlantic in Panama and made one ourselves. Can you beat 1:29:30? ..

Panama: Embera Community - 1st Inaugural Soccer Game at the Ella Drua Embera Indigenous Community

7:16 min by 4falvarez
Views: 1653 Rating: 5.00

Panama: www.elladruaembera.com & www.emberapanama.com Balboa Academy Dads' Soccer Team vs. Ella Drua & Embera Quera Team ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Estadio Camping Resort

Estadio Camping Resort is a Football stadium in Chilibre, Panamá who hosts ANAPROF team Alianza F.C. since 2001.

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Located at 9.14 -79.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Football venues in Panama

Gamboa, Panama

Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. 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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Located at 9.12 -79.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Panama Canal Zone Townships, Populated places in Panama

Panama Canal Zone

The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá) is a 553-square-mile former unorganized US territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending {{#invoke:ConvertNumeric | numeral_to_english | 5 | case=L | sp=us | adj=off }} miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of the Canal Zone.

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Located at 9.12 -79.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: 1979 disestablishments, Panama Canal Zone, Regions of Central America, States and territories established in 1903, Zones

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is a {{#invoke:Math|precision_format| (77.1)*1,000/1,609.344 | 0}}-mile (77.1 km) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. There are locks at each end to lift ships up to Gatun Lake . The Gatun Lake was used to reduce the amount of work required for a sea-level connection.

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Located at 9.08 -79.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, Macro-engineering, Panama Canal, Transport infrastructure completed in 1914

Culebra Cut

The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the continental divide in Panama. The cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Gatun Lake, and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the Gulf of Panama and hence the Pacific Ocean. It is 12.6 km (7.8 mi) from the Pedro Miguel lock on the Pacific side to the Chagres River arm of Lake Gatun, with a water level 26 m (85 ft) above sea level.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.08 -79.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Cuts (earthmoving), Panama Canal