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Panama Canal
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, this 82-kilometer waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a system of locks.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Alcalde Díaz
Panamá, Panama · North America
About Alcalde Díaz
Alcalde Díaz works well as a base: 5 minutes from Las Cumbres, 16km from Pan-American Highway.
Alcalde Díaz is in Panamá, Panama, with about 20,000 people. The nearest town is Las Cumbres, about 4 km away.
Alcalde Díaz is a town and corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 41,292 as of 2010. It was created by Law 42 of July 10, 2009.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Alcalde Díaz?
Within an hour or so of Alcalde Díaz: Panama Canal (14 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (14 km), Pan-American Highway (16 km), Casco Viejo (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Alcalde Díaz?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is Alcalde Díaz?
Alcalde Díaz is in Panamá, Panama, about 4 km from Las Cumbres.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,285
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 9.1227, -79.5567
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Worth the detour from Alcalde Díaz
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
A four-storey viewing terrace directly above the Panama Canal's Pacific locks, where Panamax ships are raised 16 m in two steps a few metres from the rail. Bilingual commentary tracks each transit.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Pan-American Highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Bridge of the Americas
The graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Biomuseo
Frank Gehry's only building in Latin America: a crumpled cascade of red, blue and yellow roof planes on the Amador Causeway, telling how the isthmus rose and split two oceans while joining two continents.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Portobelo
A Caribbean bay where Spain's silver fleets once loaded, guarded by ruined coral-stone forts standing right at the roadside, plus the church of the Black Christ, focus of a huge October pilgrimage.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Alcalde Díaz
- 16 kmPan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
- 20 kmBridge of the AmericasThe graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
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