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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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
North AmericaPanamaPanamá Oeste Province
El Coco
Panamá Oeste Province, Panama · North America
About El Coco
El Coco works well as a base: 5 minutes from Llano Largo, 46km from El Nispero Zoo and Botanical Garden, El Valle de Antón.
El Coco is in Panamá Oeste Province, Panama, with about 12,000 people. The nearest town is Llano Largo, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near El Coco?
Within an hour or so of El Coco: Panama Canal (27 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (27 km), Bridge of the Americas (28 km), Biomuseo (30 km).
Are there any good drives near El Coco?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is El Coco?
El Coco is in Panamá Oeste Province, Panama, about 4 km from Llano Largo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,935
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá Oeste Province
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 8.8769, -79.8081
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Worth the detour from El Coco
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
bridge
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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
museum
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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
31 km · about 35 min drive
historic highway
Pan-American Highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
El Nispero Zoo and Botanical Garden, El Valle de Antón
A crater valley town housing the last known golden frogs in the wild, set inside an extinct volcano with hot springs and waterfalls.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near El Coco
- 28 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.
- 34 kmPan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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