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La Filipina Destination Guide

Discover La Filipina in Panama

La Filipina in the region of Colón is a town located in Panama - some 15 mi or ( 24 km ) North-West of Panama City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Filipina

Local time in La Filipina is now 02:47 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Limón, Quibdó, Montería, Santa Rosa, and San Miguelito. When in this area, you might want to check out Limón . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in La Filipina ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Embera Village - Chagres River, Panama - ZawadiSimone - Emberás indigenous people (not Indians)

6:19 min by ZawadiSimone
Views: 6988 Rating: 5.00

This is a short video documentary of a group of Emberá indigenous people (not 'indians') whose lives are similar to those of their ancestors many centuries before. Information was gathered during my i ..

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 Canal transit - Windward Passage to Bahamas

3:53 min by DashewOffshore
Views: 940 Rating: 5.00

Transit the Canal, then take on the Windward Passage to the Bahamas. Additional footage and information is available at www.setsail.com ..


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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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.14 -79.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Football venues in Panama

Lake Alajuela

Lake Alajuela is an artificial lake on the Chagres River created by the Madden Dam and linked to the Panama Canal. Lake Alajuela serves as a reservoir for the canal, which lies to the lake’s southwest. The Chagres, Pequení, Boquerón, Salamanca, La Puente, Indio, Piedras, San Cristóbal and Escandaloso rivers flow into the lake. The rivers of Lake Alajuela contribute 45 percent of the total water for the canal. The reservoir was formerly known as Madden Lake when the Canal Zone was under U.S.

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Located at 9.21 -79.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Lakes of Panama, Reservoirs

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 8 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 9 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 10 km away
Tags: Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks, Macro-engineering, Panama Canal, Transport infrastructure completed in 1914