The Panama Canal Division was a unit of the United States Army, established in order to ensure the United States could adequately defend the Canal Zone...

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific...

The idea of the Panama Canal dates back to 1513, when the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama. This narrow land...

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...

The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus...

The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the...

transfer the canal from the United States to Panama on December 31, 1999. The surrounding territory was returned first, in 1979. Revenue from canal tolls has...

The Panama Canal Department was a department (geographical command) of the United States Army, responsible for the defense of the Panama Canal Zone between...

Most of the Panamanian population of West Indian descent owe their presence in the country to the monumental efforts to build the Panama Canal in the late...

Cristóbal in the Colón 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...

1989 (D-Day) 3d Bde, 7th Infantry Division (L) (4/17th Inf) began operations in Colon City, the Canal Zone, and Panama City. The remainder of the 2d Bde...

the early 20th century after it purchased the French interests in the Panama Canal, which has served as the main connecting route across Central America...

health and tourism. Historically, the Panama Canal (and the nearby Colón Free Trade Zone) was the key source of Panama's income, but its importance has been...

unit Panama Canal Division 1921–1932 Hawaiian Division 1921-1941 1st Cavalry Division "The First Team" 2nd Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Division 21st Cavalry...

Division) Maneuver Division (1911) Panama Canal Division (inactivated 1932) Philippine Division (see 12th Infantry Division) 10th Light Division (Alpine) 71st...

25th Infantry Division) Panama Canal Division: 1921–1932 Philippine Division: 1921–1942 (see 12th Infantry Division) Divisions in bold are currently active...

former Panama Canal Zone be closed and the facilities be turned over to the Panamanian government. It was located on the east side of the Panama Canal just...

linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal. Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great geopolitical...

with the Panama Canal Zone, a political entity which existed between 1903 and the absorption of the Canal Zone into the Republic of Panama between 1979...

the trade union movements in Panama and the Canal Zone. It long controlled the Trade Union Federation of Workers of Panama. "After World War II the party...

transit the canal, SS Ancon, was named after the district. The community continued to serve as housing for employees of the Panama Canal Company until...

the Panama Canal. Within the Cordillera Central are three ranges. The lofty Cordillera de Talamanca extends east from Costa Rica and contains Panama's highest...

Army organized a 10th Division during World War I in July 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas. It was redesignated the Panama Canal Division after the war and shares...

headquartered at Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone, being inactivated on 1 January 1976. Initially designated Panama Canal Air Force when first established in...

Isthmian Canal Commission (often known as the ICC) was an American administration commission set up to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal in the...

Panama portal A referendum on expansion of the Panama Canal was held in Panama on October 22, 2006. The proposal was approved by 78% of voters. According...

Parfitt (August 6, 1921 – May 21, 2006), was the last Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, from 1975 to 1979. He was born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, on August...

command and staff assignments, including commander of the Panama Canal Division and Panama Canal Department, the Philippine Department and the Hawaiian Department...

(Marxist–Leninist) of Panama (in Spanish: Partido Comunista (marxista-leninista) de Panamá), is a Maoist political party in Panamá. PC (ml)P was founded...

from the five districts of Panamá Province west of the Panama Canal on 1 January 2014. The capital is La Chorrera. Panamá Oeste Province is divided into...