What the records say
- When
- 1978
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Panama Canal Zone
- Coordinates
- 9.10° N, 79.75° W
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Pop
- 41800
- Area km2
- 1676
- Gaining
- Panama
- Losing
- United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Panama Canal Zone
American concession in Panama between 1903 and 1979
The Panama Canal Zone, also known simply as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending five miles (8 km) on each side of the centerline but excluding Panama City and Colón. Its capital was Balboa.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation