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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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Río Abajo
Panamá, Panama · North America
About Río Abajo
Río Abajo works well as a base: 5 minutes from San Francisco, 5km from Pan-American Highway.
Río Abajo is in Panamá, Panama, with about 27,000 people. The nearest town is San Francisco, about 4 km away.
Río Abajo is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 26,607 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 33,155; its population as of 2000 was 28,714. It is a West Indian neighborhood; the unique culture of this area of Panama stems mainly from the EnglishRead more
Caribbean people who relocated to the area from Anglophone islands in the Antilles more than a century ago, namely Jamaica and Barbados. Rio Abajo consists of over 30 streets, the most notable are 4th, 13th and 17th streets, 2 story wood houses, churches with old southern architecture. Rio Abajo is also the name of a river flowing through Rio Abajo neighborhood.
One of Rio Abajo's most famous sons is El General (born Edgardo A. Franco), arguably the one musical artist who most helped to spread the popularity of Spanish Reggae. The latter a product of Panamanian youth of Caribbean descent with the first known one to be sung by Renato.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Río Abajo?
Within an hour or so of Río Abajo: Pan-American Highway (5 km), Casco Viejo (9 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (11 km), Bridge of the Americas (12 km).
Are there any good drives near Río Abajo?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is Río Abajo?
Río Abajo is in Panamá, Panama, about 4 km from San Francisco.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 26,607
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 9.0240, -79.4936
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Worth the detour from Río Abajo
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
9 km · about 15 min 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.
11 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.
12 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Río Abajo
- Right herePan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
- Right hereBridge 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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