Gamboa, Panama

This article is about the town in Panama. For the neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, see Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro.
Gamboa
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Gamboa's Canal Zone style sign, Gaillard Hwy
Entrance to the Panama Canal Dredging Division

Gamboa is a small town in corregimiento of Cristóbal in the Colón Province,[1] Panama close to the Panama Canal and the Chagres River.[2] 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.

Gamboa is considered an attractive location for ecotourism.[3]

  1. ^ Paz, Francisco (2022-08-25). "Adjudican construcción de nueva carretera a Gamboa, que tendrá su ciclovía". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "Gamboa | Panama | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Panamá, GESE-La Estrella de. "El atractivo de Gamboa para la práctica del ecoturismo". La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-09.